This history of the city of Edinburgh traces its story from its violent medieval origins to its reputation as the "Athens of the North", a centre of learning and civilization in the Age of Enlightenment, and onwards to the present day, analyzing its complex and often contradictory character and focusing upon the lives and achievements of some of its most famous inhabitants.
- ISBN10 185619244X
- ISBN13 9781856192446
- Publish Date 15 August 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English