This historian cited the "mystery of the drowning cell" and the motto of Zeeland, "I struggle and emerge," to argue that the "moral geography" of the Netherlands is characterized by the struggle against water.
This historian cited the "mystery of the drowning cell" and the motto of Zeeland, "I struggle and emerge," to argue that the "moral geography" of the Netherlands is characterized by the struggle against water. Another book by this historian ends with the image of ThÃ©roigne de Mericourt in a mental institution, suggesting that her madness was the logical endpoint of her revolutionary idealism. This author of The Embarrassment of Riches wrote an imaginative book connecting the death of James Wolfe with the 19th-century murder of George Parkman, called Dead Certainties. A 1989 book by this historian was critical of the (*) French Revolution, focusing especially on the Reign of Terror. He is also an art historian, having created the BBC series Power of Art. For 10 points, name this historian behind the BBC series A History of Britain and a book about the French Revolution, Citizens.
This historian cited the "mystery of the drowning cell" and the motto of Zeeland, "I struggle and emerge," to argue that the "moral geography" of the Netherlands is characterized by the struggle against water.
Simon Schama