A Street Shaken by Light: The Story of William Neilson, Volume I

ISBN-13: 9781914495540 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str.

James Buchan

Opis

A romantic and picaresque masterpiece set in the eighteenth-century in Scotland, France and India.

In 1720, the young William Neilson leaves Edinburgh to make his fortune in Europe. A romantic and picaresque adventure set in the eighteenth-century in Scotland, France and India.

Recenzje

'A hugely readable adventure-romance encompassing imperial France, the East India Company, Persia, the Jacobite rebellion, shipwreck, duels, derring-do and more. Buchan [...] really knows how to construct a ripping tale' Adam Roberts, Guardian

O autorze

James Buchan is one of Britain's most acclaimed writers. His books have won many prizes and been translated into a dozen foreign languages. He has written widely on the modern history of Scotland, most recently in John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives on a farm in Norfolk.