Thank heavens for people like Simon Scharma. In a world bombarded by mindless tweets from morons and brain dead celebrities, this series is an enema for the residual sludge that clogs our conscious/unconscious barrier. Even though Schama's analysis tries to explains the roots of our present malaise particularly with the nationalistic/parochial reaction of the Romantics to the Enlightenment, which may not be in agreement with some, it is his questioning of the very nature of the human psyche through this turbulent historical period that brings great joy to those of us blunted by the endless streamed serial killer/comedy/political pap that is dished up to us like the recycled manure fed to the animals we eat. It is a sign of the attention span of the current generation that the series is too short. I only hope he extends the series into later 1800s revolutionaries eg Rimbaud, Nietzche but thank you anyway.