Simon Schama

Author

Simon Schama is a British historian, broadcaster, and author who is one of the world's most distinguished and widely recognised historians. Born in London in 1945, he studied History at Cambridge and is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is his landmark... history of the French Revolution, which challenged prevailing interpretations by emphasising the violence and upheaval at the Revolution's heart from its very beginning. Schama's other major works include A History of Britain, The Story of the Jews, and Landscape and Memory. He has presented numerous BBC television series. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers brilliant, passionately argued history from one of the finest historians and broadcasters in the world. Read more Show less