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Simon Schama
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in Marylebone, London, The United Kingdom
February 13, 1945
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The Power of Art
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2006
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15 editions
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
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1989
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70 editions
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A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603 (A History of Britain, #1)
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2000
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30 editions
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Rembrandt's Eyes
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published
1999
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14 editions
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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE
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published
2013
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22 editions
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
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published
1987
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19 editions
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A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 (A History of Britain, #2)
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published
2001
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26 editions
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A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000 (A History of Britain, #3)
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published
2002
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24 editions
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Landscape and Memory
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published
1995
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15 editions
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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
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2005
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31 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.”
― Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
― Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
“Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.”
― The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
― The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
“I'm helplessly and permanently a Red Sox fan. It was like first love...You never forget. It's special. It's the first time I saw a ballpark. I'd thought nothing would ever replace cricket. Wow! Fenway Park at 7 o'clock in the evening. Oh, just, magic beyond magic: never got over that”
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| Chicks On Lit: Madame Tussaud, a novel of the French Revolution (TBD) | 85 | 76 | Apr 27, 2011 04:01PM | |
| The History Book ...: 2. A DISTANT MIRROR... June 27 ~ July 3rd ~~ Part One - Chapter THREE (49 - 69) - No Spoilers Please | 47 | 94 | Oct 25, 2011 08:06PM |
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