ROBERT BURNS IN EDINBURGH (PB) (NEW)

A new compact format of the illustrated literary guidebook celebrating Robert Burns’ time in Enlightenment Edinburgh. It features two easy to follow walking routes around the city, arranged by area, place and the characters that he encountered, with details of the site and person, alongside several poems and other writings by Burns which were inspired by his stay there. He arrived in Edinburgh in November 1786 as an unknown but, within days, had become the talk of the Capital, mixing in a circle of wealthy and important new friends. His subsequent experiences included love affairs and fathering illegitimate children, influencing much of his work to come, such as his friendship with Agnes ‘Nancy’ McLehose which led to the poem Ae Fond Kiss. The book includes more than 100 illustrations and maps along with 80 photographs of the buildings and sites as they are today.