Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005 - Simon Schama

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the historian Simon Schama. Books such as The Embarrassment of Riches, Landscape and Memory and Citizens have won Simon Schama countless awards and critical acclaim, and he takes a break from his latest project - the BBC television series A History of Britain - to choose eight records for his desert island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Symphony No. 9 in C Major 'Great' by Franz Schubert Book: The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa Luxury: Bethsheba by Rembrandt

Published on Sunday, 2nd September 2001.

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