"As no other historian of the revolution, Schama brings to life the excitement--and harrowing terror--of an epochal human event."--Newsweek

"The very great virtues of this book [lie] in the coruscating brilliance of Schama's style, his dazzling display of erudition and intelligence....His chronicle is, after all, a stunning virtuoso performance." --The New Republic

"Monumental...a delight to read...Lively descriptions of major events, colorful cameos of leading characters (and obscure ones, too), bring them to life here as no other general work has done...Above all, Mr. Schama tells a story, and he tells it well."--The New York Times Book Review
© Marion Ettlinger
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His publications include Patriots and Liberators, The Embarrassment of Riches, Citizens, Dead Certainties, Landscape and Memory, and Rembrandt's Eyes. View titles by Simon Schama

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"As no other historian of the revolution, Schama brings to life the excitement--and harrowing terror--of an epochal human event."--Newsweek

"The very great virtues of this book [lie] in the coruscating brilliance of Schama's style, his dazzling display of erudition and intelligence....His chronicle is, after all, a stunning virtuoso performance." --The New Republic

"Monumental...a delight to read...Lively descriptions of major events, colorful cameos of leading characters (and obscure ones, too), bring them to life here as no other general work has done...Above all, Mr. Schama tells a story, and he tells it well."--The New York Times Book Review

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© Marion Ettlinger
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His publications include Patriots and Liberators, The Embarrassment of Riches, Citizens, Dead Certainties, Landscape and Memory, and Rembrandt's Eyes. View titles by Simon Schama