Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh
By (Author) Alan J Wilson
By (author) Des Brogan
By (author) Frank McGrail
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Mainstream Publishing
25th July 1991
25th July 1991
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Local history
941.3408580922
Paperback
192
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 13mm
139g
Over a hundred gripping tales - of murder and mystery, ghosts and ghouls, body-snatching and witch-burning - reveal the darker side of genteel Edinburgh's history. Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories is a highly readable collection, fully illustrated throughout and compiled by the three historians who operate Mercat Tours. Since 1984, thousands of visitors have enjoyed their nightly rounds of the closes and wynds of Edinburgh's Old Town. Now you can read of the macabre exploits of the city's infamous villains - Deacon Brodie, Burke and Hare, Major Weir, Agnes Fynnie and a host of others - which bring this ancient city intriguingly to life.