A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh

Synopsis

History Of Architecture. 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 --