AULD GREEKIE: EDINBURGH/ ATHENS OF THE NORTH (HB)

In the years between about 1810 and 1840, Edinburgh – long and affectionately known as ‘Auld Reekie’ – came to think of itself and be widely regarded as the ‘Modern Athens’ or ‘the Athens of the North’. This book examines the circumstances underlying the topographical, artistic, and architectural dimensions of this transformation, as well as social, cerebral, and philosophical dimensions.