James Buchan (1) (1954–)

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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 näytä lisää languages. He lives in Norfolk, England. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

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Syntymäaika: 1954-06-11
Sukupuoli: male
Kansalaisuus: UK
Koulutus: Eton College
University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
Ammatit: correspondent
novelist
Suhteet: 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) (näytä kaikki 7)
Buchan, Perdita (sister)

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A Street Shaken by Light: The Story of William… Tekijä: 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.… (lisätietoja)

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Adam Smith and the pursuit of perfect liberty Tekijä: James Buchan

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John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth… Tekijä: 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 muu arvostelu | Mar 15, 2020 |

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth… Tekijä: 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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