The first book in Simon Schama's acclaimed three-volume journey into Britain's past.
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at
Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into
fifteen languages, include Citizens, Landscape and Memory,
Rembrandt's Eyes, A History of Britain, The Power of Art, Rough
Crossings, The American Future, The Face of Britain and The Story
of the Jews- Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492).
His art columns for the New Yorker won the National Magazine Award
for criticism and his journalism has appeared regularly in the
Guardian and the Financial Times where he is Contributing Editor.
He has written and presented forty films for BBC2 on subjects as
diverse as Tolstoy, American politics and John Donne.
An exciting, intensely seductive presentation of history.
*Independent*
He remains a master storyteller, admirably and sceptically well
read in current revisionist histories, and a wonderful guide to a
new history of Britain.
*The Times*
A History of Britain, its text supplemented by wonderful
illustrations, affords the rare joy of witnessing a scholar at the
peak of his powers convincing the reader that he has a cracking
good tale to tell and that he is loving every minute of the
telling.
*Literary Review*
Simon Schama's A History of Britain is far more than the book of
the TV series... The book is far richer and fuller, covering a huge
span so economically that there is room for plenty of arresting
detail... It is the sort of vivid history that keeps you awake.
*Daily Mail*
Remarkably vivid pictures... A decade on, Schama's study remains a
terrific read.
*History Today*
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