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A Work of Beauty (häftad, eng)
''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 fade...
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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.
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.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 224 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Historic Environment Scotland |
Utgivningsdatum | 2016-04-15 |
ISBN | 9781902419909 |
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- Häftad, 224, Engelska, Historic Environment Scotland, 2016-04-15, 9781902419909
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 224
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Historic Environment Scotland
- Utgivningsdatum 2016-04-15
- ISBN 9781902419909