One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing Simon Schamas Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution" is the most authoritative social cultural & narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced. " Monumental.. .provocative & stylish Simon Schamas account of the first few years of the great Revolution in France & of the decades that led up to it is thoughtful informed & profoundly revisionist". (Eugen Weber " The New York Times Book Review"). " The most marvellous book I have read about the French Revolution". (Richard Cobb " The Times"). " Dazzling
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- He has chronicled the vicissitudes of that world with matchless understanding wisdom pity & truth in the pages of this marvellous book". (Bernard Levin " Sunday Times"). " Provides an unrivalled impression of the currents & contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events". (Antony Beevor " Express"). Simon Schama is University Professor in Art History & History at Columbia University in New York & one of the best-known scholars in Britain in any field. He is the prize-winning author of numerous books including " Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations)" " Landscape & Memory" " Rembrandts Eyes" & three volumes of "A History of Britain". He is also the writer-presenter of historical & art-historical documentaries for BBC Television. He lives outside New York City with his wife & children."