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"Edinburgh: Painted by John Fulleylove; described by Rosaline Masson" by Rosaline Masson is a book that honors Edinburgh. As the capital of Scotland, it's one of the most important cities in the UK and deserves to be honored for its history and beauty. This book discusses the history, culture, and day-to-day life of those who called this lively city home in an attempt to allow others to fall in love with it as well.
What happened to Edinburgh's once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike, once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer's major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh's mean beginnings - 'wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds', visiting French knights complained in 1341 - it went on to attract some of the world's greatest architects to design and build and shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion and civil strife, some simply collapsed with old age and neglect, and others were swept away ...