Simon Schama

Timothy West reads the second volume of Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles....

The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603....

It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds....

To look back at the past is to understand the present....

Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African American slaves....

Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour....

Simon Schama's sweeping history of Britain breathes life into our past centuries, vividly depicting exactly what life was like for our ancestors....

Sir Simon Schama has been at the forefront of the arts, political commentary, social analysis and historical study for over 40 years....

Simon Schama has written a tour de force about British portraits over the centuries in which the image-maker, the subject and everyone else looking on are brought to life....

Award-winning historian Simon Schama's landmark exploration of how America's past influences its future 'I can tell you exactly when American democracy came back from the dead, because I was there . . .'