Python: get output of the shell command 'history'

Python: get output of the shell command 'history'

I can get the output of 'ls -l' using subprocess.call(['ls', '-l']), but
although I can run the history command from the terminal,
subprocess.call(['history']) errors out. Traceback below.
Python 2.7.4 (default, Apr 19 2013, 18:28:01)
[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2
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>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.call(['history'])
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 524, in call
return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1308, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>>>