*A Tale of Three Cities*

The author is Bob Harris, and the subtitle is The Life and Times of Lord Daer 1763-1794.  Who is Lord Daer?  Don’t worry about that!  So many books on the Scottish Enlightenment cover one particular thing, but somehow fail to give the reader a proper sense of life on the ground.  I found this is the best book I know for actually communicating what it was like to live during, and participate in, the Scottish Enlightenment.  Maybe to achieve that end it is necessary to focus on the life of a figure who was less than totally famous?  Definitely recommended, this book should be better known.