Stacy Schiff

Author of, among others, Cleopatra: A Life, The Witches: Salem, 1692, and The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

Expertly, lucidly, brilliantly executed by @stacyschiff: how the Declaration of Independence’s catalogue of “repeated injuries and usurpations” by a king in pursuit of “an absolute Tyranny” is a perfectly uncanny indictment of our president. Please read, and share the gift link.

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

THE REVOLUTIONARY on Kindle for $3.99 https://t.co/j1rRLy4F2U

[Ashis Basu 🇨🇦 ashis.bluesky.social @BasuAshis]

One of the most influential and ardent Patriots couldn’t persuade his son to join the Revolution. ⁦@stacyschiff⁩ https://t.co/GnyuD91pcV

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@SusanSi46093983 Enjoy @SusanSi46093983! Those years were also scrubbed down on their way to the history books

[Michael Fullilove @mfullilove]

‘Even George Washington would be hard-pressed to write an appeal to modern Canada — the land of universal health care… gun control and superior life expectancy — that could persuade it to unite with its southern neighbor.’

⁦By ⁦@stacyschiff⁩

https://t.co/lZJwYEDN3N

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“But how to design a national executive for a people who had jettisoned a king? The Articles of Confederation provided for no such individual,” says @stacyschiff about the bewilderment of America’s founding fathers over the question of a presidency.

Read: https://t.co/KQuCvu2Anr

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@MJEmery_Bored Otis certainly thought so, as did Franklin, in London. Adams held that representation in a body 3000 miles away would at best produce more misconceptions. Much appreciate the kind words @MJEmery_Bored

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@BeachMacTO You have a treat in store @BeachMacTO. Delighted that VERA proved good company -- and led you back to VN

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@KristaKafer @kristakafer This is a lovely tweet!

[NickBunker @nbunkerauthor]

Many historians of America's founding era try to make the events of the 1770s and 1780s speak to our contemporary crises - but nobody does it better than the great @stacyschiff. And as always Ms Schiff's prose style is exquisite. https://t.co/UbdnRu4Vz0

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

Illuminating & entertaining @stacyschiff essay on the divided & confused Constitutional framers fears in 1787 of citizens being such dopes and (in their words) “dupes of pretend patriots” and “rogues,” that the U.S. would “end in a monarchy.” Gift link: https://t.co/MOY7tjQEQF

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@joy_gimbel @MaryLouiseBin19 @_endwitchhunts @EmersonWBaker @katherinebhowe @malcolmgaskill @witchesetc @odavies9 @DanGagnonUSA @oneofwindsor @SamanthaS80 So pleased with this obsession @joy_gimbel

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

Happy 50th anniversary #NHD550. Honored to join the 2024 committee @NationalHistory

[National History Day @NationalHistory]

Did you know NHD has a 50th Anniversary Honorary Committee? From legendary documentary filmmaker @KenBurns and @LibnOfCongress Dr. Carla Hayden to journalists from @PBS @NewsHour @CNN & professors of history, we are honored to have these leaders in history supporting NHD. #NHD50

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@jomozdiez So very kind of you @jomozdiez. All credit to the production team and writers, who handled the history with care

[Apple Books @AppleBooks]

He outmaneuvered British spies, French informers & hostile colleagues. No this isn't a James Bond storyline; it's @stacyschiff's account of how Benjamin Franklin secured the Treaty of Paris.

Read the book before streaming @AppleTV's new #Franklin series.

https://t.co/aTemZdCxJr

[Alexis Coe @AlexisCoe]

Madeira in the first 30 seconds?! Bury me under these historically accurate Easter eggs in #Franklin @stacyschiff!

[Carmen Marino @CarmenMarinoNYC]

As #Congress nears climactic vote on aid to #Ukraine, a compelling case in favor is this exceptionally well-written ⁦@NYTimesOpEd⁩ by ⁦@stacyschiff⁩. Vivid + relevant historical parallels to #France’s help for an #America in dire need. https://t.co/0Cf6Gtvb1m

[GuggenheimFoundation @GuggFellows]

Congratulations to the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows! Here is a message from President Edward Hirsch (1985 Fellow) #guggfellows2024: https://t.co/HphMJwjESO

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

Congress is again debating the entanglement of a young republic “with a wealthy benefactor,” writes @stacyschiff. “It pays to remember that the United States itself was,” she says, “once the infant republic in dire need of munitions.”

Read: https://t.co/xONHHxjrsJ

[Stacy Schiff @stacyschiff]

@CrystalTedder So kind of you @CrystalTedder Will hope the book holds up!