Capital of the Mind by James Buchan
By the end of 18th century Edinburgh had become the marvel of modern Europe, home to the finest minds of the day and their breathtaking innovations in architecture, politics, science, the arts, and economies. This book tells the story of the triumph of this town and the men whose vision brought it into being.'Capital of the Mind creates a psychogeography as lovely as Edinburgh's ownA breathless chronicle of the fondness of genius for its own company'
* Sunday Observer *'Does for 18th-centry Edinburgh...what Roy Poerter’s Enlightenment: How Britain Created the Modern World did for Britain'
* BBC History Magazine *'Buchan's confident and astringent study is based on an informed love of Scotland and its stories are told to excellent effect'
* Daily Telegraph *'As Buchan says in this marvellous book, "there is no city like Edinburgh in all the world"'
* Sunday Times *'A triumph of fact-based, imaginatively expressed writing'
-- Magnus Magnusson'[An] elegant portrait of Edinburgh in the age of Enlightenment'
* Times Literary Supplement *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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841586397 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841586390 |
| Title | Capital of the Mind |
| Author | James Buchan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2007-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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