James Buchan (1) (1954–)

Autor von Crowded With Genius: The Scottish Enlightenment: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind

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James Buchan studied Persian & Arabic in Iran in the 1970s & was for ten years a foreign correspondent for the "Financial Times." His novels have won major literary prizes in Britain, including the Whitbread First Novel Award & the Guardian Fiction Prize, & have been translated into eight mehr anzeigen languages. He lives in Norfolk, England. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Crowded With Genius: The Scottish Enlightenment: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind (2003) 219 Exemplare

Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money (1997) 175 Exemplare

The Persian Bride: A Novel (1999) 163 Exemplare

Capital of the Mind: How Edinburgh Changed the World (2003) 120 Exemplare

The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas (1605) 97 Exemplare

Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences (2012) 74 Exemplare

Adam Smith and the Pursuit of Perfect Liberty (2006) 32 Exemplare

Heart's Journey in Winter (1995) 31 Exemplare

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century (2018) 30 Exemplare

The Gate of Air: A Ghost Story (1737) 29 Exemplare

High Latitudes: A Romance (1996) 21 Exemplare

A Parish of Rich Women (1984) 19 Exemplare

The Golden Plough (1995) 13 Exemplare

A Street Shaken by Light: The Story of William Neilson, Volume I (2022) 13 Exemplare

Slide (1991) 6 Exemplare

Davy Chadwick (1987) 4 Exemplare

Intensity (in 20 Under 35 - STRAUS) 1 Exemplar

Adam Smith 1 Exemplar

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Granta 84: Over There: How America Sees the World (2004) — Mitwirkender — 229 Exemplare

Sick Heart River (1941) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 222 Exemplare

The Jokers (1964) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 222 Exemplare

Granta 57: India! The Golden Jubilee (1997) — Mitwirkender — 201 Exemplare

Granta 67: Women and Children First (1999) — Mitwirkender — 143 Exemplare

Granta 49: Money (1994) — Mitwirkender — 118 Exemplare

20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers (1988) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare

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Geburtstag: 1954-06-11
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: UK
Ausbildung: Eton College
University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
Berufe: correspondent
novelist
Beziehungen: Buchan, John (grandfather)
Buchan, Ursula (sister)
Buchan, William James de l'Aigle (father)
Buchan, Susan Grosvenor (grandmother)
Buchan, John Norman Stuart (uncle)
Buchan, Anna (great aunt) (Zeige alle 7)
Buchan, Perdita (sister)

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A Street Shaken by Light: The Story of William… von James Buchan

Highly recommended by its publisher (need this be said?), A Street Shaken by Light (Mountain Leopard Press) by James Buchan is published in September and is certainly one hell of a yarn. The hero, William Nielson, is a young man who leaves his native Scotland to find fortune and adventure abroad. He makes his way to Paris where he falls in love at first sight and is immediately imprisoned. On his release, he sets off across the world where he has adventures galore, learning diplomatic, linguistic and military skills that are allied to his hopeless romantic attachment to that girl he first encountered on his arrival in Paris. It swirls, surges and swamps at times as Nielson’s escapades become ever more arduous and he learns how to master whatever is thrown at him. This is historical fiction and storytelling at its entertaining best and is apparently the first in a trilogy.… (mehr)

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davidroche | May 5, 2022 |

Adam Smith and the pursuit of perfect liberty von James Buchan

Smith, Adam (Subject)

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LOM-Lausanne | Apr 29, 2020 |

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth… von James Buchan

Remarkable story of a Scot who made and lost a fortune in 18th century France. J. M. Barrie's observation fits rather too well, that there are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

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Roarer | 1 weitere Rezension | Mar 15, 2020 |

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth… von James Buchan

John Law, son of Edinburgh, a gifted numerologist by instinct, charted a dazzling, meteoric career that took him to a pinnacle as controller of France's finance ministry in the period before and following the death of Louis XIV. The Mississippi scheme proved to be a fragile bubble but not before Law's innovative monetary policies had shaped European history.

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DramMan | 1 weitere Rezension | Nov 5, 2019 |

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