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A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh by Alexander McCall Smith (Paperback, 2016)

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'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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Historic Environment Scotland
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9781902419909
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Alexander Mccall Smith
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A Work of Beauty: Alexander Mccall Smith's Edinburgh
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Paperback
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English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2016
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Textbook
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224 Pages

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210mm
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971g

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Alexander Mccall Smith
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Alexander Mc Call Smith at his best describing his home city, bringing the full colour and life of this beautiful place to the reader in fascinating detail. Read enjoy and read again
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