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Edinburgh: 10 Walks in the Historic Old Town - Couverture souple

MacInnes, Euan

 
9781905769582: Edinburgh: 10 Walks in the Historic Old Town
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 190576958X ISBN 13 : 9781905769582
Editeur : Fort Publishing Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

The Old Town is the historic heart of Edinburgh . . . and of Scotland. This fascinating book explains why it is so important to Scottish history and includes everything you will need to explore the world-famous Royal Mile and the ancient closes and wynds that run off it. In full colour throughout, the book has detailed maps, 250 photographs and illustrations, hundreds of historical vignettes, in-depth sections on people and places, and, in addition, supplementary sections on both Edinburgh castle and Holyrood palace. The Old Town is the stage upon which momentous events have played out: bloody battles and sieges, bitter religious conflicts, political upheavals, notorious executions. It is a major cultural centre and home to the nation's most-notable institutions, including the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh castle, Holyrood palace, the Church of Scotland, the National Museum of Scotland and the senior law courts. As one might expect the great names from the pages of Scottish history have been part of the Old Town's often-turbulent past, among them Mary, Queen of Scots, John Knox, James VI, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Sir Walter Scott, James Boswell, Adam Smith and David Hume. If the history was not enough the Old Town is in addition an architectural wonder. The medieval closes, wynds and courts are a delight and who can argue with Robert Louis Stevenson's description of Edinburgh as: 'This profusion of eccentricities, this dream in masonry and living rock'. Printed on the highest-quality art paper, this is a book that everyone with an interest in this great city will relish.

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À propos de l'auteur

Euan MacInnes has lived and worked in and around the Old Town since 2002 and it is a place that he knows intimately. After reading history at the University of Edinburgh, for which he was awarded the degree of MA (Hons), he has been employed as a tour guide, during which time he has led thousands of groups through the closes and courtyards of the Old Town, regaling them with the lighter, and darker, side of Edinburgh's past.

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Éditeur
Fort Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
190576958X
ISBN 13 
9781905769582
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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