Going Underground: Edinburgh (Henderson Jan-Andrew)(Paperback)

Edinburgh isn't like other cities. Certainly, it has underground rail tunnels and hidden passageways - but also a legend of an 'Underground City' - many parts of which are on display to the public. Not only is Edinburgh's 'Underground City' large and varied, it has a rich, turbulent and fascinating past, stretching back hundreds of years.In this book author Jan-Andrew Henderson who has spent more than 20 years working in the city as a tour guide, explores the world beneath the streets of Edinburgh. The Old Town ridge is a warren of hidden passages and cellars, but also contains Mary King's Close which was sealed up after an outbreak of plague and Marlin's Wynd, a section of Edinburgh's first cobbled street beneath the Royal Mile leading up to the castle with its vaults and dungeons and legendary escape tunnel. A warren of stone chambers lie beneath the enormous North Bridge, South
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