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Explicitly mentioned as 'our old friend Simon Sharma wrote his book, Citizens.' The book is discussed extensively in relation to its treatment of the September massacres and its critique of Pierre Caron's work. Schama's book is described as taking a much more critical view of the massacres.

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Referenced as 'Simon Sharma describes it very pithily in his book' when discussing the killing of General Dion and the mutilation of his body. This is likely referring to Schama's 'Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution'.

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Referenced at the end of the episode with a quote about the revolution as 'a very cyclonic disturbance' and 'the wind of war,' from a chapter in his work on the French Revolution

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Quoted regarding the rhetoric of the fraternal societies associated with the Cordelier Club - described their rhetoric as 'Rousseau with a hoarse voice and sharpened with bloody-minded impatience.' This appears to reference his historical scholarship on the French Revolution, likely from his book Citizens

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Referenced when discussing the revolutionary police state, specifically: 'Schama in Citizens describes it as the first organ of a revolutionary police state.' The transcript appears to have 'Sharma' which is likely a transcription error for 'Schama.'

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Cited (as 'Simon Sharma' in transcript) when quoting his assessment that 'The civil constitution was not simply another piece of institutional legislation. It was the beginning of a holy war.'

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Referenced multiple times throughout the episode. Dominic quotes a passage from this book about the lynching of Berthier de Sauvigny. The book, published in 1989 for the Bicentenary of the Revolution, argues that violence was at the heart of the French Revolution from the very beginning. Also cited for information about Bastille tourism and revolutionary souvenirs.

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Described as one of the most influential history books on the French Revolution, praised for its narrative style and emphasis on violence and costs of the revolution

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Referenced when discussing Marie Antoinette's attitude toward the play The Marriage of Figaro, noting 'the more outrageous the denunciations of the established order, the better the queen liked it.' Also quoted regarding the Cardinal's comfortable imprisonment in the Bastille.

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Referenced multiple times as a major work on the French Revolution. Praised highly by the hosts as 'insanely enjoyable' and 'brilliant.' Quoted regarding Louis XVI's study and Marie Antoinette's cultural interests.

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Indirectly referenced when Tom states 'Had the title not already been taken, I would have called this book Citizens' - this is a reference to Simon Schama's famous book 'Citizens' about the French Revolution.

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Referenced multiple times as the major Anglophone historiographical contribution to the French Revolution bicentennial, noted for arguing that violence was inherent to the revolution from the beginning

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Tom explicitly references this book as 'the great kind of modern history in English of the Dutch Golden Age' and quotes a passage from it about Flemish gambling culture and how Amsterdam inherited this trait from Antwerp.

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Tom explicitly mentions this as 'the book that got me interested in it' regarding Dutch history, noting it was Schama's first great book from the late 80s and that he read it at university. He describes it as 'a brilliant portrait of the Dutch Republic in its golden age' and references it multiple times throughout the episode.

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Referenced by Tom when discussing the Białowieża forest (which he wanted to visit but wasn't on the list of wonders). He mentions 'there's a brilliant chapter about it in one of Schama's books. I think it's Landscape and Memory' and that reading it made him want to visit the primordial European forest.