Simon Schama
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Sir Simon Michael Schama is an English historian and television presenter. He specialises in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. As of January 2026 he is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University.
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Part of me wants to say with Wordsworth: 'Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.' But if you ask me was it worth it, I don't think it was.
Remarks on the French Revolution in an interview with Bryan Appleyard, quoted in Bryan Appleyard, 'The revolutionary historian', The Times
I remember we thought that, whatever else happened in the remainder of the century, two traditional issues were going to go away.
Interview with Bryan Appleyard, quoted in Bryan Appleyard, 'The revolutionary historian', The Times (13 May 1989), p. 31
When I started writing [Citizens], I thought the revolution of 1789 then goes on the skids and turns into the Terror of 1793.
Interview with Bryan Appleyard, quoted in Bryan Appleyard, 'The revolutionary historian', The Times (13 May 1989), p. 31
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