John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century by James Buchan

John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century

James Buchan

528 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

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 Continent when Union with England brought with it a warr...

Read more

Community reviews

This book doesn't have any reviews or ratings yet!

If you've read it, mark it as 'read' and add a review to help others in the StoryGraph community figure out if it might be a book for them!

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.