Landscape and Memory by Simon Schama

Landscape and Memory by Simon Schama

The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount - read 'Landscape and Memory' to have these explained...

‘One of the most intelligent, original, stimulating, self-indulgent, perverse and irresistibly enjoyable books I have ever read’ Philip Ziegler

‘This is a tour de force of vivid historical writing…It is astonishingly learned, and yet offered with verve, humour and an unflagging sense of delight.’ Michael Ignatieff, IOS

‘Simon Schama is a giant, a great thinking machine and a golden lyricist as well. He takes us beyond geololgy and vegetation into myth and memory, to unravel the ancient connections which bring mountain, forest and river into our soul.’ Brian Masters, MoS

‘Schama long ago established himself as one of the most learned, original and provocative historians in the English speaking world…Unclassifiable, inimitable, fascinating, “Landscape and Memory” will inform and haunt, chasten and enrage. It is that rarest of commodities in our cultural marketplace – a work of genuine originality.’ Anthony Grafton, New Republic

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. He is the author of 'Patriots and Liberators', which won the Wolfson Prize for History, 'The Embarrassment of Riches', 'Citizens' which won the 1990 NCR book award for non-fiction, 'Dead Certainties', 'Landscape and Memory' which won the W H Smith Literary Award in 1995, and 'Rembrandt's Eyes' (1999). He is also the author of the monumental 'History of Britain' published in three volumes. He was art critic of the 'New Yorker' from 1995 to 1998 and was made CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours list.

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ISBN 13	9780006863489
ISBN 10	0006863485
Title	Landscape and Memory
Author	Simon Schama
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1996-03-18
Number of pages	672
Prizes	Winner of WH Smith Literary Prize 1996, Winner of WH Smith Annual Literary Award 1996, Short-listed for NCR Book Award 1996
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