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 is a novelist and a historian whose 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.