| Not on Edinburgh per se, but a good read is The Scottish Enlightenment; The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman. It's basically a history of modern Scottish intellectual life, so obviously a lot of it is based in Edinburgh, though not all of course. Lots of good anecdotes about Edinburgh life, the construction of the new town, etc. There's a lot of stuff about expat Scots as well which kind of reads as though just about anything good was invented by a Scot ... but still, makes for a good read. |
