“A master storyteller.” — Newsweek
“If there’s a better living writer of history than Simon Schama, I’d sure like to know who it is.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
“. . .plenty of gorgeous writing from this most elegant of stylists.” — Christian Science Monitor
“Schama tells this complex story through a series of richly drawn, idiosyncratic individuals, from musical bureaucrats to rebellious slaves.” — San Diego Union-Tribune
Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings . . . brilliantly re-creates the histories of runaway slaves in and after the American revolution. — Sunday Times (London)
“A lively and accessible book.” — Newsday
” Schama is back at his best -and historians don’t come much better than that. — Sunday Times (London)