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.
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The best book has to be, no, not some guide to far-off Shangri-Las but right here at home. Allan 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 )
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 )
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The Literary Traveller in Edinburgh is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated, literary sightseeing guide for natives and visitors alike. Easy to use and easy to read in its attractive format, it is the essential guide for all bookworms and literary pilgrims.
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This book should be in everyone's collection. It is very well written and gives very informative snippets of information about every important lierary aspect of the amazing city of Edinburgh.
I bought this book before visiting Edinburgh, with this book under my arm my visit was so much more worth while. Without this book I would not have realised the huge diversity of literary connections in Edinburgh.
If you get the chance to visit Edinburgh and see the literary sights for yourself then I would definately recommend going on 'The Book Lovers' tour'. The author Allan Foster will take around the literary sights giving you a very knowledgable insight into everywhere he takes you. The experience is unforgettable. It is a must for all book lovers!!! There is no need to book for the tours just turn up outside the Writer's Museum (just off the High Street) at 10.30am or 1.30pm every Saturday and Sunday (every day through the Edinburgh festival).
I bought this book before visiting Edinburgh, with this book under my arm my visit was so much more worth while. Without this book I would not have realised the huge diversity of literary connections in Edinburgh.
If you get the chance to visit Edinburgh and see the literary sights for yourself then I would definately recommend going on 'The Book Lovers' tour'. The author Allan Foster will take around the literary sights giving you a very knowledgable insight into everywhere he takes you. The experience is unforgettable. It is a must for all book lovers!!! There is no need to book for the tours just turn up outside the Writer's Museum (just off the High Street) at 10.30am or 1.30pm every Saturday and Sunday (every day through the Edinburgh festival).
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