Street Shaken by Light

''An epic voyage well worth taking ... Exhilarating'' Marianka Swain, Telegraph

One of Britain''s outstanding historical writers delivers a romantic and picaresque masterpiece that tells the fascinating story of William Neilson.

In 1720, the young William Neilson leaves Edinburgh to make his fortune in Europe, first sailing to Rotterdam and then on foot to Paris, where he meets and is immediately e...