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1	Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution more books like this by Simon Schama From the author of "The Embarrassment of Riches", this is a history of the French Revolution. At the heart of this account is the story of the transformation of "subjects" to "citizens". The author aims to show a France infatuated with novelty and technology in the midst of dramatic economic change. The darkening of the original euphoric vision of ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £13.59! \| first editions
2	A History of Britain more books like this by Simon Schama The second volume of Schama's panoramic history of Britain begins with the death of Elizabeth Iand charts the rise of the British Empire. see all copies from £3.05! new only from £10.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Landscape and Memory more books like this by Simon Schama The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount -- read Landscape and Memory to have these explained...'One of the most intelligent, original, stimulating, self-indulgent, perverse and irresistibly enjoyable books I have ever read. ' Philip ZieglerLandscape and Memory is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through ... see all copies from £8.80! new only from £15.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution more books like this by Simon Schama Tens of thousands of blacks in America at the start of the Revolutionary War escaped from farms, plantations, and cities to reach the British who offered the promise of emancipation in return for military service. Schama follows their odyssey through the war and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands were betrayed. see all copies from £2.06! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Power of Art more books like this by Simon Schama "Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things; visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the ... see all copies from £21.48! new only from £21.48! \| first editions
6	Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations more books like this by Schama Simon Schama, the author of "The Embarrassment of Riches" and "Citizens", sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the "speculations" surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories. On 13 September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the ... see all copies from £2.62! new only from £7.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Citizens more books like this by Simon Schama From the author of the bestselling The Embarrassment of Riches comes an original and electrifyingly new narrative account of the French Revolution. 75 illustrations. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £17.98! \| first editions
8	The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age more books like this by Simon Schama The book that first made Simon Schama's reputation when first published in 1987. This historical masterpiece is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. 'This is history in the same spirit as Braudel, Ginzburg, Ladurie and Le Goff. It seems to me that Schama is one of the few historians writing in English ... see all copies from £12.08! new only from £14.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Rembrandt's Eyes more books like this by Simon Schama For Rembrandt, as for Shakespeare, all the world was indeed a stage, and he knew in exhaustive detail the tactics of its performance: the strutting and mincing, the wardrobe and face-paint, the full repertoire and gesture and gimace, the flutter of hands and the roll of the eyes, the belly-laugh and the half-stifled sob. He knew what it looked ... see all copies from £11.08! new only from £348.97! \| first editions
10	Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul more books like this by Dr. Roy Porter, Simon Schama (Foreword by) How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light? Starting with the revolutionary ideas of the Renaissance that challenged the sense of the body as a corrupt vessel for the soul, Roy Porter goes on to chart how - through figures as diverse as ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.59! \| first editions
11	History of Britain, a - Volume III: The Fate of the Empire 1776 - 2000 more books like this by Simon Schama Schama concludes his epic history of Britain in this third volume. He begins in 1776, and covers the spread of the British Empire and its eventual demise after two world wars. He then brings Britain up to the new millennium, a time for looking back and assessing its impact. see all copies from £16.63! new only from £39.43! \| first editions
12 view cover	Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands 1780-1813 more books like this by Simon Schama A timely reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780--1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Between 1780 and 1813 the Dutch Republic -- a country once rich enough to be called the cash till of Europe and powerful enough to ... see all copies from £3.52! new only from £6.33! \| first editions
13	A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World 3500 B.C. - 1603 A.D. by Simon Schama see all copies from £8.17! new only from £24.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Embarrasmnt of Riches more books like this by Simon Schama Schama's history of 17th-century Dutch culture considers Dutch society in all its facets, including painting, food, and the Dutch Reformed Church. see all copies from £10.92! new only from £42.27! \| first editions
15 view cover	Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper more books like this by Cy Twombly, Simon Schama, Whitney Museum of American Art Edited by Julie Sylvester. Texts by Roland Barthes and Simon Schama. Foreword by Adam D. Weinberg. see all copies from £42.27! new only from £42.27!
16	Embarrassment of Riches more books like this by Simon Schama Schama's history of 17th-century Dutch culture considers Dutch society in all its facets, including painting, food, and the Dutch Reformed Church. see all copies from £9.67! new only from £13.78! \| first editions
17	Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel more books like this by Simon Schama see all copies from £31.88! new only from £70.10! \| first editions
18 view cover	History in Quotations: Reflecting 5000 Years of World History more books like this by M J Cohen, John Major, Simon Schama (Foreword by) History in Quotations is an exciting and original work of historical reference. From the Iraq of ancient Babylon to the Iraq war of 2003 - taking in the histories of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia in a grand global sweep - it uses the innovative medium of some 9000 chronologically arranged quotations to tell the story of more than 5000 ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £2.15! \| first editions
19 view cover	The End of the World more books like this by Lewis H Lapman (Editor), Simon Schama (Introduction by) A collection of first-person accounts, from the Greeks through the 20th century, that describe historical events which were interpreted by people as signalling the end of the world. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.58! \| first editions
20	Dead certainties : (unwarranted speculations) more books like this by Simon Schama Simon Schama, the author of "The Embarrassment of Riches" and "Citizens", sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the "speculations" surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories. On 13 September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £72.71! \| first editions
21 view cover	Rough Crossings more books like this by Simon Schama, Caryl Philips (Adapted by) Tens of thousands of blacks in America at the start of the Revolutionary War escaped from farms, plantations, and cities to reach the British who offered the promise of emancipation in return for military service. Schama follows their odyssey through the war and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands were betrayed. see all copies from £5.12! new only from £10.49!
22	The Cambridge mind: ninety years of the Cambridge Review, 1879-1969 more books like this by Eric Homberger (Compiled by), William Janeway, Simon Schama see all copies from £6.12! first editions
23 view cover	A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 more books like this by Simon Schama, Timothy West (Read by) The second volume of Schama's panoramic history of Britain begins with the death of Elizabeth Iand charts the rise of the British Empire. see all copies from £17.69! new only from £17.69!
24 view cover	Jews America: A Representation more books like this by Frederic Brenner (Photographer), Simon Schama For many years, French photographer Frederic Brenner has travelled the world, documenting the lives of Jews on five continents to create a visual anthology of the Jewish diaspora. This book chronicles the American portion of his odyssey, recording the extraodinary diversity of Jewish life in large cities and small communities in 32 states. He ... see all copies from £7.42! new only from £41.57! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Bastille falls by Simon Schama In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. Simon Schama is famous as one of the UK's greatest popularizers ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.04!

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