A History of Britain, Volume 1 by Simon SchamaRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 428.3 MB Overview: The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000 BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. To look back at the past is to understand the present. In this vivid account of over 4,000 years of British history, […]
The Embarrassment of Riches An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama Narrated by Mike CooperRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 587 MB 20 hrs and 46 minsOverview: Simon 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 […]
The Face of Britain: The Nation Through Its Portraits by Simon SchamaRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 418 MBOverview: Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death. Simon Schama has written a tour de force about British […]
The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits by Simon SchamaRequirements: .ePUB reader, 84 MBOverview: Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a black Othello in the nineteenth century, the poet-artist Rossetti trying to capture on canvas what […]
The British Wars, 1603-1776 by Simon Schama (A History of Britain #2)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 4.54 MBOverview: The second volume of Simon Schama’s BBC History of Britain: The British Wars, 1603-1776 is a more serious affair than the first. A History of Britain Vol I was free-range history: a fresh and at times iconoclastic survey of […]