New Book buys

In a sort of muted buying of books in line with my current sources of income, the following were bought this evening
Crowded with Genius by James Buchan (The Scottish Enlightenment: Edinburgh's moment of the mind)
Charles Dickens by Jane Smiley
from Book Worm and

Around the World in 80 treasures by Dan Cruickshank
from Blossoms

I have been looking for a used copy on the golden age of Edinburgh for a while now. None of the above books came cheap despite being used copies. Dickens remains a favourite author. The last one was unplanned but seemed promising. Lets see how they actually are.