The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)

Long overdue: Revised, updated, freshly-illustrated Edinburgh joins the Companion Guide series, informative on Edinburgh's - and Scotland's - past and present. Edinburgh is one of Europe's most elegant and cosmopolitan cities, the Old Town rebuilt on the medieval street plan after being burned down by the English in 1544, and the eighteenth-century classical New Town more extensive thananything else of its kind in Europe. Edinburgh was the capital of an independent kingdom for more than two hundred and fifty years, and it has the air of a capital, with buildings where kings were born or where some of their moreprominent subjects were assassinated, streets once trodden by Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and a rich artistic life that comes into exhilarating full flower in August with the Edinburgh Festival. Edinburgh is also the gateway to some of the most spectacularly beautiful country in Britain: lying southward is the romantic landscape of the Borders, where Alexander Youngson is an admirable guide to the ruined abbeys, the castles thathave withstood countless sieges, and the great houses still owned by families 'that the Flood could not wash away'. A.J. YOUNGSON is former chairman of the Fine Art Commission for Scotland.

General

Imprint:	Companion Guides
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Companion Guides
Release date:	February 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	A.J. Youngson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	460
Edition:	2 Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-900639-38-5
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General Promotions
LSN:	1-900639-38-6
Barcode:	9781900639385

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