A Traveller's Companion to Edinburgh

by David Daiches

Book Overview

Edinburgh is a city whose history is written on its face. The Old Town on its crowded rock, sloping down from the Castle to Holyroodhouse, has not significantly changed its atmosphere since the turbulent fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when riots, processions, or public executions jammed the High Street. And the very different era that followed the bloody religious wars of the seventeenth century is epitomized by the elegant streets and squares...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566565383
• ISBN13: 9781566565387
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Well done Grandpa

Edinburgh is a wonderful illumination of a wonderful city. Each page flows with the confidence and method of a man completely at peace with his art.