Going Underground: Edinburgh
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Edinburgh has a fascinating 'Underground City', much of which is open to the public. It is made up of many different aspects, with a turbulent and intriguing past stretching back hundreds of years. Features include hidden passages and cellars, ancient buried streets like Marlyn's Wynd and Mary King's Close (sealed after an outbreak of plague), castle dungeons and escape tunnels, a warren of vaults and chambers under Edinburgh's mighty bridges, abandoned or repurposed rail tunnels, and anomalies like the strange subterranean dwelling of Gilmerton Cove.Award-winning author and historian Jan-Andrew Henderson explores the legendary world beneath the streets and locations of Edinburgh in this pictorial guide.
Jan-Andrew Henderson
JAN-ANDREW HENDERSON is the author of 40 children's, teen, YA and adult fiction and non- fiction books. He has been published in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Europe by Oxford University Press, Collins Books, Hardcourt Press, Amberley Books, Oetinger Publishing, Mainstream Books, Black and White Publishers, Mlada Fontana, Black Hart, and Floris Books.He has been shortlisted for fifteen literary awards in the UK and Australia and won the Doncaster Book Prize, The Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award-Britain's biggest children's book prize. He has appeared in many anthologies and had plays performed as far apart as Texas and the Edinburgh Festival.He runs The Green Light Literary Breakdown Service (editing services), is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors and teaches online writing courses.You can find Jan-Andrew at janandrewhenderson.com
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