į I R S T VI N T AG E B OOK S E D I T I O N, N O V E M B E R 1996 Copyright © 1995 by Sim on SchamaĪ ll rights reserved under Interna tion al a n d P a n-A m erica n Copyright Conventions. He lives outside N ew York City with his wife and two children.Ī D iv is io n o f R a n d o m H o u se, In c. H e is also the writer-presenter o f historical and art-historical documentaries for B B C television and art critic at The N ew Yorker. H e is the prize-winning author o f P a t r i ots a n d Liberators: R ev o lu tio n in the N etherlands 17 8 0 -1 8 1 3 The Em barrassm ent o f Riches: A n Interp retation o f D u tc h C u l ture in the G olden Age C itizen s: A C hron icle o f the French R e v olution and D e a d C er ta in ties (U n w a rra n ted Speculations). He is now O ld Dominion Foundation Professor o f the Humanities in the departments o f art history and history at Columbia University. Simon Schama Landscape and Memory Simon Schama was born in London, in 1945, and since 1966 has taught history at Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard uni versities. Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the N etherlands 17 8 0 -18 13 Two Rothschilds and the La n d o f Israel The Embarrassment o f Riches: A n Interpretation o f D utch C u ltu re in the Golden A ge Citizens: A Chronicle o f the French Revolution D ead C ertainties (U nw arranted Speculations) Readers will continue to derive pleasure from this remarkable book, so ambitious in concep tion, so consistendy entertaining in execution.” “A writer whose story-telling skills, descriptive power, imagination and verve make a com parison with Kipling by no means absurd. Few historians have made ancient places come alive so well. “ History needs its singers o f epic tales, and Schama. allows individual human beings in all their clumsy complexity back on stage.” By giving chance and accident major roles in history, Schama is also making room for other unpredictable things- passion, personal ity, charisma, eloquence, art, sex. Propelled by Schama’s sparkling style, the book springs along like a deer in the woods.” “This is one o f the most intelligent, original, stimulating, self-indulgent, perverse, and irre sistibly enjoyable books that I have ever had the delight o f reviewing.” - Philip Ziegler, The D a ily Telegraph (London) Schama manages his tour de force with extravagant wit copious detail.” “A bold journey across thirty centuries and four continents. It is that rarest o f commodities in our cultural marketplace, a work o f genuine originality.” - The N ew R ep u b lic “ Landscape a n d M em ory will inform and haunt, chasten and enrage its readers. Schama is one o f those rare, imaginative historians who introduce the reader to a kind o f yesteryear they never dreamed existed.” an impressive enrich ment o f the general sensibility.” Landscape a n d M em ory is a continual delight, learned full o f elegant riffs. Schama’s range o f reference is enormous. Meant to be a fresh take on the classic strategy RPG style, Arcadian Atlas was designed from the ground up to incorporate more challenging battle strategies, new & balanced job classes, and more cutthroat plot twists that'll leave these complex characters' lives hanging in the balance.įeaturing dynamic job classes, a rich character driven narrative, strategic grid-based battles and a jazz infused soundtrack, Arcadian Atlas is a lushly handcrafted 2D isometric tactical RPG that takes the rich history of the genre and makes it fresh.Sim on Scham a’s Landscape and Memory “An extraordinary book. Let the moody jazz soundtrack carry you through a thought provoking & ruthless story of love, deceit, murder, companionship and war. Watch your footing and mind the strategic vantage points as you traverse the richly detailed pixel art world of Arcadia - a single misstep on the battlefield could cost you a friend’s life. Arcadian Atlas is a 2D isometric tactical RPG about the choices people make in pursuit of the things they love, and the havoc it wreaks on a kingdom.
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