Capital of the Mind - How Edinburgh Changed the World

About the author

James Buchan is a novelist and critic. He is the author of the Persian Bride, a New York Times Notable Book, as well as Frozen Desire, an examination of money that received the Duff Cooper Prize. He has also won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. Buchan is a contributor to The New York Times Book Review and The New York Observer, and a former correspondent for the Financial Times. He lives in Norfolk, England.

Product details

• Authors: James Buchan, Buchan James
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2025
• EAN: 9781839830907
• ISBN: 978-1-83983-090-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Edinburgh, HISTORY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Local History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Central Scotland, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, C 1700 To C 1800