Excerpt from My Two Edinburghs: Searchlights Through the Mists of Thirty Years
He watched long and the wind blew.chill. Suddenly the train swerved and he saw, swimming in a pale green windy sky, the Castle Rock, towercrowned, no bigger than a toy. It was purple of the deepest, but to the boy's eyes looked infinitely remote and solitary. Then he sat back in his hard cushionless bench with something like a sob, and his long-sufibring neighbour told him,o if he was quite done, to put the window up. But he did not care. He had seen.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a nostalgic recollection of the author's youth spent in Edinburgh. The author explores the city's transformation over the years, contrasting the modern city with the one he remembers from his childhood in the 1870s. Through vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, the author captures the essence of Edinburgh's Old Town, with its narrow wynds and historic buildings. The book provides insights into the city's rich literary and artistic heritage, shedding light on the lives and work of famous Scottish figures. The author's fond memories and evocative language paint a vivid portrait of a bygone era, making this book a valuable contribution to the literary landscape of Edinburgh. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9780259879183_0
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