In his book,

Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) went to great lengths to warn that all great events have been distorted, most of the important causes concealed, some of the principal characters never appear, and all who figure are so misunderstood and misrepresented that the result is a clear mystification.

“So, you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.”