secret history

British  

noun

1. Also called: shadow history.  a version of historical events which differs from the official or commonly accepted record and purports to be the true version

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Example Sentences

That summer, he began to read the secret history of the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

I uncovered extracts from the transcript of an interview given by Barclays cash trader Peter Johnson whilst researching a book I have written about the secret history of the interest rate rigging scandal.

From BBC • May 22, 2023

Mars may have harbored life at some point, and more intense study of the planet might eventually reveal that secret history.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

Prominent leak cases involving the act include that of Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers by photocopying the secret history of the Vietnam War and giving it to The New York Times.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

I thought I knew everything about my mom—about both of them, really—but here was this secret history I didn’t know about.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon