Simon Schama

Quotes

• “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.”

• “If there's one four-letter word that runs through my television history, oddly it is "Rome". Over time, I came to realise that Rome doesn't just come and go in England's history; instead, we have had an extended love-hate relationship with Rome, whether as empire or church.”

• “Right through British history we see this constant pull between piety and pragmatism, between deference to the monarch as a godlike figure, and a requirement that he runs the business of Albion with practical efficiency.”

Books by Simon Schama in order

Books by Simon Schama in the order they were published, from Patriots and Liberators (1977) to Het Gezicht Van Een Wereldrijk (2015).

1. 1Patriots and LiberatorsPatriots and Liberators1977
2. 2Two Rothschilds and the Land of IsraelTwo Rothschilds and the Land of Israel1978
3. 3The Embarrassment of RichesThe Embarrassment of Riches1987
4. 4CitizensCitizens1989
5. 5Granta 34Granta 341990
6. 6Dead CertaintiesDead Certainties1991
7. 7Landscape and MemoryLandscape and Memory1995
8. 8Jews/AmericaJews/America1996
9. 9Rembrandt's EyesRembrandt's Eyes1999
10. 10Cy TwomblyCy Twombly2004
11. 11Hang-upsHang-ups2004
12. 12Flesh in the Age of ReasonFlesh in the Age of Reason2005
13. 13Rough CrossingsRough Crossings2005
14. 14Power of ArtPower of Art2006
15. 15Simon Schama's Power of ArtSimon Schama's Power of Art2006
16. 16The American FutureThe American Future2009
17. 17Scribble, Scribble, ScribbleScribble, Scribble, Scribble2010
18. 18The Story of the JewsThe Story of the Jews2013
19. 19Het Gezicht Van Een WereldrijkHet Gezicht Van Een Wereldrijk2015
20. 20A History of BritainA History of Britain
21. 21A History of Britain, Volume IIA History of Britain, Volume II
22. 22Dead CertantiesDead Certanties