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The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City. Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand the city's boundaries, the burgeoning population built over every inch of square space. And when there was no more room, they began to dig down, trapped in lives of poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers existed in darkness and misery, ignored by the chroniclers of their time. It is only in the last few years that the shocking truth has begun to emerge about the sinister underground city. The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City.

Curious Edinburgh. A guide to more than 100 of the curious and interesting corners of Edinburgh, Curious Edinburgh explores the hidden treasures of Scotland's capital city and unlocks the forgotten meaning of landmarks that have become familiar. It tells the reader how to find and understand the city's nooks and crannies, and includes information on the location of and access to all the sites covered. Symbols such as the Heart of Midlothian are revealed in all their detail, and neglected jewels such as Edinburgh University's St Cecilia's Hall are included. The book is illustrated with more than 120 modern and historic photographs and line drawings. Curious Edinburgh (In Old Photographs) (In Old Photographs).

Lost Edinburgh. What happened to Edinburgh's once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike, once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer's major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh's mean beginnings, wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds, visiting French knights complained in 1341. Edinburgh went on to attract some of the world's greatest architects to design and build and shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion and civil strife, some simply collapsed with old age and neglect, and others were swept away in the 'improvements' of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers' swathe of destruction in the twentieth century.Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town, Georgian Squares were attacked, Princes Street ruined, old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives, and once familiar and much loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry, social habits, health service, housing and road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. Lost Edinburgh.

Haunted Edinburgh. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, this chilling collection of true-life tales contains never before published cases of hauntings, phantoms and poltergeists in the Edinburgh area. Containing heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena, it takes the reader on a tour of the city's streets and buildings, through convents, cellars, churches and attics. Drawing upon the author's own extensive archives and richly illustrated with more than 70 archive images, "Haunted Edinburgh" will delight anyone with an interest in the supernatural history of the city. Haunted Edinburgh.

Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh. 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. 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. Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh.

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