A reader-friendly, fully illustrated colour guide to Robert Burns'
time in Edinburgh, with fresh research, maps and illustrations of
the key people Burns met, with 27 relevant poems by Burns
throughout. With over 100 illustrations by David Alexander and 80
photographs by Jerry Brannigan of key people and places Burns
encountered. Easy to follow routes and walking guides in Edinburgh
arranged by area and place/people. Tourist information about each
site. Robert Burns came to Edinburgh in November 1786 and stayed
for 14 months. His book, Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect,
Kilmarnock Edition , went on sale on July 31, 1786 and was an
immediate success throughout Scotland. Suddenly,he was being spoken
of the length and breadth of the land. His plan to emigrateto
Jamaica with any profit from the sales of the book was abandoned.
Burns's life was about to change! Dr Thomas Blacklock, known as the
Blind Poet, came to know of the book. Blacklock was a much
respected poet and critic, acquainted with the cream of literary
society in Scotland and he advised Burns to travel to the nation's
capital where a larger edition was promised. Blacklock was sure it
would have a more universal circulation than "anything else that
had been published within his memory". So it was that on November
27, 1786 that Robert Burns, on a borrowed pony, set off on the
two-day journey to Edinburgh. It was at the peak of the Scottish
Enlightenment. Edinburgh at the time was home to great
philosophers, world-renowned economists, engineers, scientists,
writers and poets. Enterprise and industry were flourishing. Robert
Burns was to find himself thrust into the midst of the social and
academic whirlpool that was Edinburgh in 1786, establishing him as
a vital part of the Scottish Enlightenment. This book chronicles
the places he visited and the brilliant, eccentric, but always
fascinating people he met during his stay. Places including Lodge
Canongate Kilwinning No. 2, The Kirk of the Canongate, Old Calton
Burial Ground, St. Cecilia's Hall, Pear Tree House, The
Luckenbooths and many more. People including, The Duchess of
Gordon, Lord Monboddo, James (Balloon) Tytler, Bishop John Geddes,
(Indian) Peter Williamson and a host more. Learn of his meeting
with a young Sir Walter Scott, and - let's not forget - Mrs Agnes
McLehose, his Clarinda, and inspiration for Ae Fond Kiss. Robert
Burns left Edinburgh on March 24, 1788. He was only 29. He was to
die in Dumfries eight years later at the age of 37.
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