A Street Shaken by Light

‘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‘There is nothing quite like a James Buchan novel: even another James Buchan novel … By throwing everything he has into this transporting romp, Buchan does what a good fiction writer should: he makes us believe’ – John Self, Financial Times‘Writers who create a six-book historical series revolving around a fictionalised historical character can seldom be accused of lacking ambition. Judging by this thrilling first instalment in the William Neilson chronicles, Buchan is equal to such a commitment … Buchan has not only created a thoroughly engaging protagonist, but has complete control over the milieu that he depicts’ – Alexandar Larman, Observer‘In the end, novels succeed not only by what they do, but, more importantly, by how they do it … It is the how that makes the book exceptional. A lesser novelist would have stretched out Will’s adventures over six or seven hundred pages. Buchan knows when to cut and dance away’ – Allan Massie, Scotsman‘An epic voyage well worth taking … Exhilarating’ – Marianka Swain, Telegraph

James Buchan was for many years a correspondent of the Financial Times in the Middle East, and later in central Europe and the US. He has written more than a dozen works of fiction and history, and his novels have won major literary awards, including the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize.

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