To
discover literary Edinburgh you
have to walk it... |
...defying Robert
Louis Stevenson's "bleak winds" and exploring
Dorothy Wordsworth's "passes of dark stone",
simply because there is no other way of penetrating the ancient
wynds, closes and creeper-ridden burial grounds of this city, whose
literary past is written on it's dark and hoary face. 'The
Edinburgh Literary Traveller' (see
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'buy the book' above) recounts many lives and tales, but to squeeze
500 years of literary Edinburgh into one single volume
is an impossible task. There is so much more to tell, and so much
more to see. Having travelled the length and breadth of Edinburgh
researching and photographing the sites featured in the book, I
can assure you the pickings are rich, the locations diverse and
stimulating, and with over 500 years to choose from, everybody's
reading taste is catered for from Robert Burns
to J.K. Rowling. So why not accompany Allan
Foster on a book lovers' odyssey around the Old Town to
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literary Edinburgh's fascinating and never-ending story, complete
with commentary, readings, dramatisations and lots of laughter.
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The
Edinburgh Book Lovers' Tour & Literary Pub
Crawl are led by Allan Foster, author
of 'The Literary Traveller In Edinburgh' &
'The Literary Traveller In Scotland', published
by Mainstream.
All prominent Scottish
writers from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century are included
and discussed in their literary, historical and cultural contexts,
set in the landscapes where they were born and which inspired
them. It details the birthplaces, childhoods, former homes and
burial places of famous Scottish authors, uncovers sites, restaurants
and pubs with a literary connection, and lists notable bookshops,
literary museums and other places of relevance in the world of
Scottish writing. This attractive tome is lavishly illustrated
with photographs, whilst maps enhance many of the entries, including
the Kidnapped trail, Boswell and Johnson's Highland journey, Burns
country, Richard Hannay's 39 Steps trail, the Pentland walks of
Robert Louis Stevenson, a plan of Rosslyn Chapel, Gavin Maxwell's
Sandaig, Compton Mackenzie's Barra, the Ettrick Valley of James
Hogg, the Mearns of Lewis Grassic Gibbon, J. M. Barrie's Thrums
and the ports and pubs of Para Handy, to name a few. There has
never been a national literary guide for Scotland until now...
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