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The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations
Charting the Darien Scheme, from its inception to its demise against the financial background of the period, this book considers both the political and financial implications of this loss. Watt deals with the relationship between this failure and the Union of 1707, providing a fresh perspective on this key moment in history.
312 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2007
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Douglas Watt
15 books12 followersI was born in Edinburgh in 1965 and grew up there and in Aberdeen. I have an MA and PhD in history from Edinburgh University.
I’m the author of a series of historical crime novels and a prize-winning account of Scotland’s Darien Disaster. I live in East Lothian and work as a financial writer.
I’ve loved Scottish History since reading John Prebble’s Glencoe as a teenager – the book brought the past alive for me. I’ve written six historical crime novels set in 17th century Scotland featuring investigative advocate John MacKenzie and his side-kick Davie Scougall. The books are first and foremost crime fictions but they are also journeys through the paradox of late 17th century Scotland – a time of witch hunting, religious fanaticism and blasphemy trials when the green shoots of the Scottish Enlightenment first appeared. I’m now writing the seventh book in the series.
I’m also the author of The Price of Scotland, a history of Scotland’s Darien Disaster which bankrupt the country and precipitated parliamentary Union with England in 1707. The book won the Hume Brown Senior Prize in Scottish History in 2008.
I’m the author of a series of historical crime novels and a prize-winning account of Scotland’s Darien Disaster. I live in East Lothian and work as a financial writer.
I’ve loved Scottish History since reading John Prebble’s Glencoe as a teenager – the book brought the past alive for me. I’ve written six historical crime novels set in 17th century Scotland featuring investigative advocate John MacKenzie and his side-kick Davie Scougall. The books are first and foremost crime fictions but they are also journeys through the paradox of late 17th century Scotland – a time of witch hunting, religious fanaticism and blasphemy trials when the green shoots of the Scottish Enlightenment first appeared. I’m now writing the seventh book in the series.
I’m also the author of The Price of Scotland, a history of Scotland’s Darien Disaster which bankrupt the country and precipitated parliamentary Union with England in 1707. The book won the Hume Brown Senior Prize in Scottish History in 2008.
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August 29, 2016Read for my British history class. Very interesting, but a bit dry (even by a history books standards) as it often delves into the nitty gritty economic details and extended lists of people involved. Overall a well-written book on a piece of history largely forgotten--particularly in the United States.
June 23, 2020
Bit long winded in places, but interesting.
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