Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historian Simon Schama - BBC At one point during Simon Schama’s Story of Us (BBC Two), the historian listed some of the people who ...

The French Revolution sent shock-waves through Britain. While some watched transfixed, others were horrified. Simon Schama explores why the British proved immune to the siren call of liberty, equality ...

Part I: The face of power. The face of Britain ; Saviours ; Reins of power ; Bigwigs ; Attack portraiture ; Family album ; Absent one cigar -- Part II: The face of love. Shadow love ; Kenelm and ...

Stretching from the Stone Age to the year 2000, Simon Schama's Complete History of Britain does not pretend to be a definitive chronicle of the turbulent events which buffeted and shaped the British ...

Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture. Simon looks at the eternal power of portraiture and sees how it can foster loyalty and control. Simon Schama explores the history of British ...

The finale of Simon Schama's epic "A History of Britain" airs on the History Channel Sunday at 5:30 p.m. After three years in production, the final two of 15 episodes wrap up the 20-hour series.

The historian continues his heartfelt documentary series about the divided times we are currently living through, a splintered common culture that leaves us all “imprisoned in our little identity ...

And out came, among other television ventures, a ridiculously ambitious turn-of-the-millennium series for the BBC called "A History of Britain" that did really well: The 15-part epic netted the BBC a ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with historian Simon Schama about what the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union means for both Britain and... Historian Simon Schama Describes Brexit Vote As ...

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History. He taught history at Cambridge (1966-76), Oxford (1976-1980) and art history and history at Harvard (1980-1993) before coming to ...

In 1991, the historian Simon Schama published a book that stirred great controversy among scholars. Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations) consisted of two parts. The first, “The Many Deaths of ...