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Simon Schama

British University Professor of Art History and History.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1977—2017

Recognition span

Author in the index

Simon Schama has 6 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1977 and 2017. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

National Book Critics Circle Awards1

NCR Book Award1

Subject profile

History5

Biography1

Indexed works

Books by Simon Schama

6 books · sorted by recognition

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American RevolutionHistory200512 pts Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813History197710 pts Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492–1900History20174 pts Rembrandt's EyesBiography19994 pts Citizens: A Chronicle of the French RevolutionHistory—4 pts The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BC-1492 ADHistory20132 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2005	Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution	History	12	1	2	Random House
1977	Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813	History	10	1	1	HarperCollins
2017	Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492–1900	History	4	0	1	Unknown
1999	Rembrandt's Eyes	Biography	4	0	1	Random House Canada
—	Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution	History	4	1	1	Viking
2013	The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BC-1492 AD	History	2	0	1	Ecco

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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