Edinburgh Curiosities

Informationen zum Autor Hamish Coghill  is Edinburgh born and bred, spending more than 40 years as a journalist on the city’s evening newspaper. He has written extensively about his city, and also lectures regularly on its history and development. A member of the Old Edinburgh Club, Honorary President of the Currie and District Local History Society and an avid recorder of the changing local scene in photographs for his personal interest, he is very much an Edinburgh bairn. Klappentext In this expanded and revised edition of Edinburgh Curiosities. Thomson and Coghill have trawled through the city's characters to bring together a collection of the men and women who scandalised and inspired the city over the years.The result is a fascinating dip into Edinburgh's rich and varied past, which will appeal to natives and visitors alike. Zusammenfassung In this expanded and revised edition of Edinburgh Curiosities. Thomson and Coghill have trawled through the city’s characters to bring together a collection of the men and women who scandalised and inspired the city over the years.The result is a fascinating dip into Edinburgh’s rich and varied past, which will appeal to natives and visitors alike.

Product details

• Authors: Hamish Coghill, THOMSON, James U Thomson, James U. Thomson, Thomson James U.
• Assisted by: Hamish Coghill (Editor)
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781912476060
• ISBN: 978-1-912476-06-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Local History