GREYFRIARS GRAVEYARD

Founded on the site of a former Franciscan monastery (hence the name), Greyfriars graveyard was Edinburgh’s most important burial site for centuries, and many of the city’s leading figures have been interred there. Local historian Charlotte Golledge guides the reader around notable tombs, people and families, as well as the site’s spectacular post-Reformation monuments, with an explanation of their symbolism and how their styles changed over the years. A remarkable picture of life and death in Edinburgh.