{"product_id":"dead-certainties-unwarranted-speculations-9780679736134","title":"Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations","description":"Like his \u003cb\u003eThe Embarrassment of Riches\u003c\/b\u003e and the bestselling \u003cb\u003eCitizens\u003c\/b\u003e, Simon Schama's latest book is both history and literature of immense stylishness and ambition. But \u003cb\u003eDead Certainties\u003c\/b\u003e goes beyond these more conventional histories to address the deeper enigmas that confront a student of the past. In order to do so, Schama reconstructs -- and at times reinvents -- two ambiguous deaths: the first, that of General James Wolfe at the battle of Quebec in 1759; the second, in 1849, that of George Parkman, an eccentric Boston brahmin whose murder by an impecunious Harvard professor in 1849 was a grisly reproach to the moral sanctity of his society. Out of these stories -- with all of their bizarre coincidences and contradictions -- Schama creates a dazzling and supremely vital work of historical imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Schama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.14w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679736134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon Schama is the prize-winning author of seven acclaimed books. An art critic and essayist \u003cbr\u003efor \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, he also writes and presents documentaries for BBC television. He is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University and lives outside New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125862133875,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a4094176-8380-4060-8a3c-5bdc7b045721.jpg?v=1764767146","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/dead-certainties-unwarranted-speculations-9780679736134","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}