Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is a book by the historian Simon Schama. It was published in 1989, the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and like many other works in that year, was highly critical of its legacy. "The terror," declared Schama in the book, "was merely 1789 with a higher body count; …
Overvloed en Onbehagen is een boek uit 1988 van de Britse historicus Simon Schama. Het boek behandelt de Gouden Eeuw in Nederland.
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book and television series by Simon Schama. This gives an account of the history of thousands of enslaved African Americans known as Black Loyalists who escaped to the British cause during the American War of Independence. It tells of the …
Like his The Embarrassment of Riches and the bestselling Citizens, Simon Schama's latest book is both history and literature of immense stylishness and ambition. But Dead Certainties goes beyond these more conventional histories to address the deeper enigmas that confront a student of the past. In order to do so, …
A History of Britain is a three volume work written by Simon Schama to accompany a series of documentaries he presented for the BBC. The volumes are: A History of Britain I: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC–AD 1603 A History of Britain II: The British Wars 1603–1776 A History of Britain III: The Fate of Empire …