The Edinburgh Literary Companion

by Andrew Lownie

Book Overview

Few cities can boast such a distinguished literary pedigree as Edinburgh.

Burns, Scott, Conan Doyle, Buchan, Dorothy Dunnett and J.K. Rowling have all lived in the city; Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon convalesced there (inspiring Pat Barker's Booker-prize-winning Regeneration trilogy), and Dickens and Thackeray came on triumphant reading tours.

Visitors have ranged from Defoe and George Eliot to Wordsworth,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839012447
• ISBN13: 9781839012440
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Lume Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"