Lost Edinburgh

(Paperback)

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From mean beginnings 'wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds', visiting French knights complained in 1341 the city of Edinburgh went on to become one of the architectural wonders of the world. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. The buildings which stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings and find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated, Lost Edinburgh is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape.

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'[an] admirably sensible and fascinating guide'

'Lost Edinburgh is the latest addition to a first-class series of books from Birlinn . . . detailing the literal and deliberate destruction of the very fabric of our heritage'

Author Bio

Hamish Coghillis Edinburgh born and bred, spending more than 40 years as a journalist on the citys evening newspaper. He has writtenextensively about his city, and also lectures regularly on its history and development. A member of the Old Edinburgh Club, Honorary Presidentof the Currie and District Local History Society and an avid recorder of the changing local scene in photographs for his personal interest, he isvery much an Edinburgh bairn.