false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223633733m/929541.jpg 929541 10 Like his <i>The Embarrassment of Riches</i> and the bestselling <i>Citizens</i>, Simon Schama's latest book is both history and literature of immense stylishness and ambition. But <i>Dead Certainties</i> goes beyond these more conventional histories to address the deeper enigmas that confront a student of the past. In order to do so, Schama reconstructs -- and at times reinvents -- two ambiguous deaths: the first, that of General James Wolfe at the battle of Quebec in 1759; the second, in 1849, that of George Parkman, an eccentric Boston brahmin whose murder by an impecunious Harvard professor in 1849 was a grisly reproach to the moral sanctity of his society. Out of these stories -- with all of their bizarre coincidences and contradictions -- Schama creates a dazzling and supremely vital work of historical imagination. 1416837 book 1991 Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations total:84|5:11|4:36|3:28|2:9|1:0| 84 301 134 11 4 2 false false Fri Nov 21 09:53:07 -0800 2008 Thu May 14 07:11:32 -0700 2009 Citizens (a history of the French revolution) and Embarrassment of Riches (a cultural history of the Dutch), has authored a strange little book entitled Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations . I say strange, because while I've enjoyed it, I can't figure it out. Basicall...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 16:46:41 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 16:47:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 08:53:15 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 08:58:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 06:04:58 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 21:45:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 19:21:49 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 19:21:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 08:18:33 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:19:06 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 19:41:32 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 19:44:34 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 07:13:28 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:22:41 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 11 15:00:10 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 15:03:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 11:22:29 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 01 11:25:51 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Dec 04 15:11:52 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 18:27:56 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 18:28:53 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 19:28:07 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 19:28:19 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 07 20:00:03 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 20:00:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 06:06:41 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 06:06:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 01 09:13:35 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:13:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 10:39:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:39:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 10:20:47 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 10:20:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 05:15:39 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 05:17:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 10:29:58 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 10:29:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 14:42:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:42:47 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=929541