The Town Below the Ground Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City

Paperback (16 Sep 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten.

For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand the city's boundaries, the burgeoning population built over every inch of square space. And when there was no more room, they began to dig down . . .

Trapped in lives of poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers existed in darkness and misery, ignored by the chroniclers of their time. It is only in the last few years that the shocking truth has begun to emerge about the sinister underground city.

Book information

ISBN: 9781840182316
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Imprint: Mainstream Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 941.34
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 176
Weight: 160g
Height: 203mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 13mm