Literary Traveller in EdinburghA Book Lover's Guide to the World's First City of Literature by Foster Allan

Literary Traveller in EdinburghA Book Lover's Guide to the World's First City of Literature by Foster Allan

For centuries, Edinburgh has been home, inspiration and muse to writers. Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark, Sir Walter Scott and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were born in the city. John Buchan, J.M. Barrie and Robert Burns lived there. Visiting literati who praised and condemned it include Dickens, Defoe, Tennyson, Thackeray, Dr Johnson and George Eliot, while poets Robert Garioch, Sorley Maclean, Norman MacCaig, Alan Bold and Hugh MacDiarmid drank Edinburgh pubs dry in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. The city has inspired classic and controversial works of literature such as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Regeneration and the novels of Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin. Edinburgh's main railway terminus, Waverley, was named after the novel by Sir Walter Scott, and how many other cities can boast a memorial to a native author that dominates its skyline as does the Scott Monument on Princes Street? Added to this, the Edinburgh International Book Festival is now the largest book festival in the world. Exploring Edinburgh's literary past and present is synonymous with exploring and traversing the great city itself - a city which truly deserves the accolade World City of Literature.

"The best book has to be, no, not some guide to far-off Shangri-Las but right here at homeAllan Foster's The Literary Traveller in Edinburgh is the comprehensive literary sightseeing guide to the first World City of Literature. Beat that." Scottish Sunday Herald 20050717 "a sparky guide to celebrate Edinburgh's elevation to the world's first city of literature. Among the nuggets, gossip, opening hours and further reading is the eclectic: individual histories of bookshops; laments for Milne's Bar, ruined by refurbishment; streets where the famous and the fictional lived; well-rehearsed history and good gardens to read in. The best bit is the collection of quotes about the city..." The Glasgow Herald 20050910 "One of the best books about the city published in many a long day (Scottish Books of the Year)" -- Tom Kyle Scottish Daily Mail 20050916 "The perfect companion for amblings around Edinburgh" In Britain

Allan Foster is a former film historian, film festival juror and events organiser. He is also the author of The Movie Traveller and The Quiz Companion. He is a native of Edinburgh and knows the city intimately. He now lives in the Scottish Borders.

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ISBN 13	9781840189988
ISBN 10	1840189983
Title	Literary Traveller in EdinburghA Book Lover's Guide to the World's First City of Literature
Author	Foster Allan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2005-08-04
Number of pages	288
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