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Dumfries and Galloway Curiosities

Author: David Carroll

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 075248950X

Along with its rich history and spectacular scenery, Dumfries and Galloway is home to a great many curious and unusual buildings, objects and landscape features that have survived the centuries. This well-illustrated book is a guide to 100 of these remarkable sights, including Scotland's highest village, the world's narrowest hotel, and even the statue of a rhinoceros on top of a bus shelter. Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities will encourage readers to explore this area of south-west Scotland and perhaps make their own curious discoveries.

Edinburgh: Literary Lives and Landscapes

Author: David Carroll

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0750953527

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Edinburgh enjoys a long and impressive literary heritage and can claim connections with some of the world's most famous writers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Walter Scott were all natives of the city, while Robert Burns, Charles Dickens, J.M. Barrie and Samuel Johnson were just a few of those who forged links with what William Cobbett described as 'the finest city in the kingdom'. Edinburgh has provided the setting for countless novels over the years, not least in more recent times with Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) and Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (1993). Nowadays, the city hosts its annual International Book Festival, when, for a couple of weeks every August, authors and visitors from far and wide flock to Charlotte Square Gardens for 'the biggest celebration of the written word in the world'. Published to coincide with the 21st Edinburgh International Book Festival, this work includes not only native Edinburgh authors but others on whom the city had a profound influence.

Dumfries & Galloway (Slow Travel)

Author: Donald Greig

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2015-04-08

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1841628611

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Dumfries and Galloway is an area of rural charm and striking landscapes, where a slower pace of living and travelling comes naturally. The first comprehensive guidebook to the area, Bradt's Slow Travel Dumfries and Galloway covers the region in depth, from Eskdale to Scotland's southern tip at the Mull of Galloway, via Annandale, Nithsdale, Dumfries, The Stewartry, The Machars and Moors, and the Rhins. Lively descriptions, historical anecdotes and enthusiastic writing combine with hand-picked accommodation recommendations to reveal one of Scotland's best kept secrets. With the local tourist board halfway through an ambitious six-year plan, the area's profile is on the up. Go now, before the secret is out.

The Antiquary's Portfolio; Or, Cabinet Selection of Historical and Literary Curiosities, on Subjects Principally Connected with the Manners, Customs, Etc., of Great Britain During the Middle and Latter Ages

Author: J. S. Forsyth

Publisher:

Published: 1825

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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A-Z of Dumfries

Author: Mary Smith

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1445664739

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Explore the town of Dumfries in the south-west of Scotland in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Dumfries Book of Days

Author: David Carroll

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2014-06-02

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0750955414

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Taking you through the year day by day, The Dumfries Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the town. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed.Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Dumfries’s archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, industrial, military and sporting history of the town, it will delight residents and visitors alike.