Scotland's Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826

by Patrick O'Flaherty

Scotland's Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. A pugnacious and persistent man of letters who knew and was admired by literary masters such as Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole, and William Godwin, Pinkerton's life was full of personal and professional misadventures.

Patrick O'Flaherty's biography presents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442649283
• ISBN13: 9781442649286
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"