What is the name of the 15-part BBC television documentary series hosted by one of Jessica Warner's fellow historians who praised her book, "John the Painter: Terrorist of the American Revolution"?
Simon Schama Simon Michael Schama, CBE, FRSL (born 13 February 1945), is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. He first came to popular public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled "", published in 1989. In the United Kingdom, he is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television documentary series "A History of Britain" broadcast between 2000 and 2002.
John Brooke (British historian) John Brooke (born 4 May 1920) is a British historian. He studied history at the Victoria University of Manchester under Lewis Namier and, in 1951, became Namier's principal assistant for the "History of Parliament". When Namier died in 1960, Brooke succeeded him as editor of the section dealing with 1754 to 1790. From 1964 he was Senior Editor of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. He was co-author with Namier of a biography of Charles Townshend, and author of "The Chatham Administration", a study of politics in the early years of George III's reign. He was also the author of a leading biography of King George III, published in 1972.