John Law
A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century
$42.96
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2019
Summary
At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe.
Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest.
On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, advising the Duke of Savoy - amassing a fortune of some £80,000.
But for h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848666085 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184866608X |
| Author: | James Buchan |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 353g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 126mm x 196mm |
Critics Review
An utterly compelling and captivating work … he brings a natural storyteller’s relish to his subject
An utterly compelling and captivating work … he brings a natural storyteller’s relish to his subject - Guardian, on The Capital of the Mind.
Mr Buchan has a clear writing style, a light touch and a irreverent sense of humour … he makes difficult subjects accessible and, sometimes, poetic. - Economist.In Mr. Buchan’s able hands, Smith and his words come across as they should, in all their lucidity and elegance. - New York Times, on Adam Smith: and the Pursuit of Perfect Liberty.James Buchan’s elegant prose sparkles on the page. - New Statesman.One of our finest writers. - The Times.I don’t believe this country has a better writer to offer than James Buchan. - London Review of Books.Each book he writes is a discovery. - Guardian.A wonderful portrait of Law’s Paris and Europe, of the Regent and the Jacobites. I loved it and could hardly put it down.James Buchan
James Buchan is the author of several novels, including A Parish of Rich Women, which won the 1984 Whitbread Book of the Year award, and Heart’s Journey in Winter which won the Guardian prize. He is also an outstanding literary critic and non-fiction writer whose works include a biography of Adam Smith, Frozen Desire: An Enquiry into the Meaning of Money and Captial of the Mind.
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