Simon Schama






Simon Schama

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born
February 13, 1945

gender
male

place of birth
London, The United Kingdom

genre
History, Arts & Photography, Nonfiction


about this author

Simon Schama was born in 1945. The son of a textile merchant with Lithuanian and Turkish grandparents, he spent his early years in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. When his parents moved to London he won a scholarship to Haberdashers’ Aske’s School where his two great loves were English and history. Forced to choose between the two he opted to read history at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Here he was taught by Sir John Plumb whose other students: Linda Colley, Roy Porter and John Brewer are now central to British historical thought. It was Plumb’s influence which instilled in him the importance of narrative and written style in order to gain an audience for history outside academia. One of the hallmarks of Schama’s work is his flair for desc...more




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avg rating: 4.00 | 1,314 ratings | 211 reviews | 24 distinct works | 5 fans
Citizens: A Chronicle of the F... Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
by Simon Schama
avg rating 3.99 — 228 ratings — published 1990
11 editions
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A History of Britain : At the... A History of Britain : At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D
by Simon Schama
avg rating 4.06 — 183 ratings — published 2000
9 editions
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Landscape And Memory Landscape And Memory
by Simon Schama
avg rating 4.16 — 120 ratings — published 1995
8 editions
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The Embarrassment of Riches: A... The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
by Simon Schama
avg rating 3.99 — 114 ratings — published 1987
10 editions
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A History of Britain, Volume I... A History of Britain, Volume II: The Wars of the British 1603-1776
by Simon Schama
avg rating 4.10 — 102 ratings — published 1969
9 editions
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Rough Crossings: Britain, the... Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
by Simon Schama
avg rating 3.94 — 95 ratings — published 2005
10 editions
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The Power of Art The Power of Art
by Simon Schama
avg rating 4.20 — 85 ratings — published 2006
4 editions
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A History of Britain: The Fate... A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000
by Simon Schama
avg rating 4.06 — 70 ratings — published 2002
10 editions
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Dead Certainties: Unwarranted... Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
by Simon Schama
avg rating 3.60 — 68 ratings — published 1991
10 editions
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Rembrandt's Eyes Rembrandt's Eyes
by Simon Schama
avg rating 4.23 — 53 ratings — published 1999
9 editions
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"Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completeness however thorough or revealing their documentation. We are doomed to be forever hailing someone who has just gone around the corner and out of earshot."
Simon Schama (Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations)
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