The astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves in the American War of Independence
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, A History of Britain, The Power of Art, Rough Crossings, The American Future, The Face of Britain and The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492). His art columns for the New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for criticism and his journalism has appeared regularly in the Guardian and the Financial Times where he is Contributing Editor. He has written and presented forty films for BBC2 on subjects as diverse as Tolstoy, American politics and John Donne.
This brilliant book by the leading historian of our times about a
subject of great significance will delight professional historians
and entrance the reading public. Rough Crossings succeeds in all
respects. It is a 'tour de force' and a landmark in historical
scholarship
*Times Higher Education Supplement*
Schama's gift for plunging us into the very centre of the action,
whether in Charleston, London or on the African coast, makes
reading an exhilarating experience
*Daily Telegraph*
Brilliant and deeply moving
*Observer*
Schama has a remarkable ability to stare into the anonymous faces
in the crowd and to pluck them from historical obscurity. Rough
Crossings gives voice to people who have, until now, remained mere
names on duty lists
*James Walvin*
One only has to dip into Rough Crossings to appreciate the command
of detail that lies behind his apparently effortless ability to
come up with the right quotation or description
*Times Literary Supplement*
Promised freedom if they served King George, slaves fled Southern plantations en masse during the American Revolution. A new look at our country's beginnings from a celebrated historian. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
This brilliant book by the leading historian of our times about a
subject of great significance will delight professional historians
and entrance the reading public. Rough Crossings succeeds in
all respects. It is a 'tour de force' and a landmark in historical
scholarship * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Schama's gift for plunging us into the very centre of the action,
whether in Charleston, London or on the African coast, makes
reading an exhilarating experience * Daily Telegraph *
Brilliant and deeply moving * Observer *
Schama has a remarkable ability to stare into the anonymous faces
in the crowd and to pluck them from historical obscurity. Rough
Crossings gives voice to people who have, until now, remained
mere names on duty lists -- James Walvin
One only has to dip into Rough Crossings to appreciate the command
of detail that lies behind his apparently effortless ability to
come up with the right quotation or description * Times Literary
Supplement *
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