"Dazzling...stimulating...This is no ordinary book...Schama does
not merely write brilliantly about people, about events, about the
abuse of rhetoric, and about festivals and executions. He also
chronicle with a dramatic burst of poetic imagination.... The
virtues of this book Ýlie¨ in the coruscating brilliance of
dazzling display of erudition and intelligence ... His chronicle
is, after all, a stunningly virtuoso performance." -- Lawrence
Stone, "The New Republic"
"One of The Best Books Of The Decade." -- "Time"
"Monumental...a delight to read...Lively descriptions of major
events, colorful cameos of leading characters (and obscure ones
too), bring them to life here as no other general work has
done....Above all, Mr. Schama tells a story, and he tells it well."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
"Citizens, like the great 19th-century narratives it emulates,
makes entertainment and erudition work hand in hand....As no other
recent historian of the revolution, Schama brings to life the
excitement -- and harrowing terror -- of an epochal human event."
-- "Newsweek"
"A fresh and elegant narrative...A brilliantly readable and
beautifully illustrated account." -- "Washington Post Book
World"
"We are in the hands of a master storyteller...Vivid, dramatic,
thought-provoking...Schama's portrait of the revolution is often
surprising...His splendid recounting convinces us that much of what
we thought we knew is wrong." -- "Time" "From the Trade Paperback
edition."
"Dazzling...stimulating...This is no ordinary book...Schama does
not merely write brilliantly about people, about events, about the
abuse of rhetoric, and about festivals and executions. He also
chronicle with a dramatic burst of poetic imagination.... The
virtues of this book Ylie in the coruscating brilliance of dazzling
display of erudition and intelligence ... His chronicle is, after
all, a stunningly virtuoso performance." -- Lawrence Stone, "The
New Republic"
"One of The Best Books Of The Decade." -- "Time"
"Monumental...a delight to read...Lively descriptions of major
events, colorful cameos of leading characters (and obscure ones
too), bring them to life here as no other general work has
done....Above all, Mr. Schama tells a story, and he tells it well."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
"Citizens, like the great 19th-century narratives it emulates,
makes entertainment and erudition work hand in hand....As no other
recent historian of the revolution, Schama brings to life the
excitement -- and harrowing terror -- of an epochal human event."
-- "Newsweek"
"A fresh and elegant narrative...A brilliantly readable and
beautifully illustrated account." -- "Washington Post Book
World"
"We are in the hands of a master storyteller...Vivid, dramatic,
thought-provoking...Schama's portrait of the revolution is often
surprising...His splendid recounting convinces us that much of what
we thought we knew is wrong." -- "Time"
"From the Trade Paperback edition."
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