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A Work of Beauty

Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh

Pocket
Engelsk
A Work of Beauty
A Work of Beauty
  • Forfatter: Alexander McCall Smith
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 224
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781902419909
  • Utgivelsesår: 2016
  • Bidragsyter: McCall Smith, Alexander
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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 -