Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-spec...

The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount – read ‘Landscape and Memory’ to have these explained… ‘Landscape and Memory’ is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through space and time, it examines our relationship with the landscape around us – rivers, mountains, forests – the impact each of them has had on our culture and imaginations, and the way in which we, in turn, have shaped them to answer our needs. This is not a conventional history b...

One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Simon Schama's Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVERBelonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour.

De geschiedenis staat bol van de afschuwelijke ziekte-uitbraken, maar in de negentiende eeuw werd een hoogtepunt bereikt. In de overvolle moderne steden woekerden ziektes als cholera en builenpest. Aan de ontluikende medische wetenschap de taak: stop de sterfte. In “In gezonde staat” neemt meesterverteller Simon Schama de lezer mee naar de laboratoria waar koortsachtig gewerkt werd aan vaccins. Centraal staat het wonderlijke verhaal van de geniale arts-onderzoeker Waldemar Haffkine, een ...