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"First published in Great Britain in 2003 as Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the world by John Murray (Publishers)" -- T.p. verso.
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| Physical Description: |
436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-414) and index.
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| ISBN: |
006055889X (pbk.)
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| Author Notes: |
James Buchan studied Persian & Arabic in Iran in the 1970s & was for ten years a foreign correspondent for the "Financial Times." His novels have won major literary prizes in Britain, including the Whitbread First Novel Award & the Guardian Fiction Prize, & have been translated into eight languages. He lives in Norfolk, England. (Bowker Author Biography)
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