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The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City (Paperback)

by Jan-Andrew Henderson (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (16 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840182318
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840182316
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 29,689 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #4 in  Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > United Kingdom > Regions > Scotland > Edinburgh
    #4 in  Books > Reference > Atlases & Maps > Cities A-Z > Edinburgh
    #17 in  Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Sociology > Family & Social Groups > Urban Communities

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Product Description
Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand the city's boundaries, the burgeoning population built over every inch of square space. And when there was no more room, they began to dig down ...Trapped in lives of poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers existed in darkness and misery, ignored by the chroniclers of their time. It is only in the last few years that the shocking truth has begun to emerge about the sinister underground city.

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Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand the city's boundaries, the burgeoning population built over every inch of square space. And when there was no more room, they began to dig down ...Trapped in lives of poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers existed in darkness and misery, ignored by the chroniclers of their time. It is only in the last few years that the shocking truth has begun to emerge about the sinister underground city.