![]() |
Arthur Herman, The Scottish EnlightenmentA history of the time when Edinburgh was 'a hotbed of genius' and one could stand at the Mercat Cross and 'in a few minutes take fifty men of genius by the hand'. |
![]() |
A J Youngson, The Making of Classical EdinburghAlthough 40 years old and mostly about the New Town, it begins with an unrivalled description of when Edinburgh was the Old Town. |
![]() |
Mary Cosh, Edinburgh: The Golden Age.The social and literary history of Edinburgh from 1760 to 1832 based on newspapers, journals, diaries and letters. |
Dorothy Bell, Edinburgh Old Town.Demonstrating from contemporary sources that the Old Town in the 18th century was not chaotic and overcrowded but a very pleasant place to live. Available from Tholis Publishing. |
|
![]() |
Jim Johnson & Lou Rosenburg, Renewing Old Edinburgh.A history, using contemporary sources, of the development of the Old Town from the mid-19th century to the early 21st century and how the changes were influenced by the ideas of Patrick Geddes. |