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Edinburgh : a new history / Alistair Moffat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moffat, Alistair, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Edinburgh (Scotland)--History.
- Edinburgh (Scotland).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Birlinn Limited, [2024]
- Summary:
- Join Alistair Moffat in this concise and colourful account of Edinburgh, one of the UK's top tourist destinations with 4 million visitors annually. This book is published to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Founding of the City of Edinburgh.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Map
- 1 Royal David’s City
- 2 Fire and Ice
- 3 The Pioneers
- 4 The Kings of Edinburgh
- 5 The Emperor and Edinburgh
- 6 English Edinburgh
- 7 The High Life
- 8 Commerce in the Cowgate
- 9 Edinburgh Reformed
- 10 The Town’s College
- 11 The Rider with the Ring
- 12 Jinglin’ Geordie, Mary, Watson and Stewart
- 13 Not Roman Law
- 14 Jenny and the Dean
- 15 The Chosen People
- 16 The Burning City
- 17 Tipple Town
- 18 Gala Days in the High Street
- 19 Tee Town
- 20 Banks in the Wars
- 21 Disunion
- 22 Exotic Edinburgh
- 23 The Beast of Edinburgh
- 24 The Rookeries
- 25 Tartan Town Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781788857246
- 1788857240
- OCLC:
- 1456760244
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