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A WORK OF BEAUTY
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH'S EDINBURGH |
| By: |
Alexander McCall Smith |
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Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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£12.37 |
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£2.62 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1902419901 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781902419909 |
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Currently 2 available |
| Publisher: |
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND |
| Pub. date: |
15 April, 2016 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
In this sumptuous new book, Alexander McCall Smith curates his own distinctive story of Edinburgh - combining his affectionate, incisive wit with a wealth of stunning imagery drawn from Scotland's national collection of architecture and archaeology. |
| Synopsis: |
"I love this city, and always shall. I write about it. I dream about it. I walk its streets and see something new each day - traces of faded lettering on the stone, still legible, but just; some facade that I have walked past before and not noticed; an unregarded doorway with the names, in brass, of those who lived there sixty years ago, the bell-pulls sometimes still in place, as if one might summon long-departed residents from their slumbers." Edinburgh is a city of stories - a place that has witnessed everything from great historical upheavals, to the individual lives of a remarkable cast of characters. Every spire, cobblestone, bridge, close and avenue has a tale to tell. In this sumptuous new book, Alexander McCall Smith curates his own, distinctive story of Edinburgh - combining his affectionate, incisive wit with a wealth of stunning imagery drawn from Scotland's national collection of architecture and archaeology. Through a series of photographs, maps, drawings and paintings - many never before published - he takes the reader on a unique tour. Just like the city's architecture, the book can move in an instant from sweeping views to secret, hidden vignettes.This is a story of famous landmarks and lost buildings; the people who made them; the people who lived in them.'A Work of Beauty' is an intimate portrait of a city by one of Scotland's greatest storytellers. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Historic Environment Scotland |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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