Simon Schama
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His award-winning books include Scribble, Scribble, Scribble ; The American Future: A History ; National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings ; The Power of Art ; The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age ; Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution ; Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations) ; Landscape and Memory ; Rembrandt's Eyes ;...See more
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His award-winning books include Scribble, Scribble, Scribble ; The American Future: A History ; National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings ; The Power of Art ; The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age ; Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution ; Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations) ; Landscape and Memory ; Rembrandt's Eyes ; and the History of Britain trilogy. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel, including the Emmy-winning Power of Art , on subjects that range from John Donne to Tolstoy. See less
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Simon Schama book reviews
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Citizens
All about the French Revolution and more
This book is an 875 page doorstopper. It is a highly detailed review of the French Revolution from beginning to end. The book is encyclopedic !!. It is also well ilustrated. Schama is of course a ... Read More
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Landscape and Memory
Rather heavy and wordy
by W T, Nov 21, 2013
Schama writes captivating prose and there are interesting points made. I am not sure that it merits a slow read. I shall skip a deal. Read More
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Rembrandt's Eyes
Exhausting
by emiled, Jan 3, 2013
Schama writes well. However, he exhausts the subject to a point just shy of losing sight of Rembrandt. Art and history lovers will be fascinated, but the casual reader will get lost in the side ... Read More