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This is the first book to fully chronicle the disturbing story of Edinburgh's "secret city" - the underground slums that existed for over 350 years, before finally being abandoned in the mid-nineteenth century. Jan-Andrew Henderson, a professional storyteller who led tours in Edinburgh for four years, vividly describes the lives of poverty and misery that the former inhabitants of the Old Town led, and how their stories came to be re-discovered.
This is the first book to fully chronicle the disturbing story of Edinburgh's "secret city" - the underground slums that existed for over 350 years, before finally being abandoned in the mid-nineteenth century. Jan-Andrew Henderson, a professional storyteller who led tours in Edinburgh for four years, vividly describes the lives of poverty and misery that the former inhabitants of the Old Town led, and how their stories came to be re-discovered.
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Title: Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City
Author/Contributor: Jan-Andrew Henderson
ISBN: 9781840182316
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Binding: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 1999
Dimensions: (L) 198 x (W) 129 mm
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