In my case without realizing I was ever gonna write a book about the Scottish Enlightenment, one of the places that we were attracted to reinvest and to, therefore, build the country of Scotland ...

Collins has drawn upon Greek mythology and the Roman gladiator games for her earlier “Hunger Games” books. But for the upcoming novel, she cites the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.

Collins has drawn upon Greek mythology and the Roman gladiator games for her earlier “Hunger Games” books. But for the upcoming novel, she cites the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.

The ideas of this Scottish Enlightenment are exported to the colonies and fan the flames of revolution against the evils and cruelties of Empire.

Domenica did not answer immediately. She looked away, as if to marshal her thoughts on a complex subject. Then she said, ...

Because she regarded it as Angus’s preserve, it was unusual for Domenica to visit Big Lou’s coffee bar in Dundas Street. She ...