Simon SchamaRecommended Books
British University Professor of Art History and History
Sir Simon Michael Schama (born 13 February 1945) is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. As of January 2026 he is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University.
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“Best book ever written on Declaration of Independence is the late ( and deeply missed) Pauline Maier’s 1997 wonderful, readable work American Scripture”
“Little Dorrit's opening and closing are astonishing unlike anything else in his books I think more like Hugo or even Zola.. Architecture, is a character in its own right as it is so often w Hugo. Miss Wade a riveting character.”
“Time to reread or update Hofstadter's great book The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Life”
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