Edinburgh Under Sir Walter Scott

A vivid social and topographical portrait of Edinburgh as shaped during the lifetime and influence of Sir Walter Scott. It interweaves biographical material with city descriptions, tracing the built environment, neighborhood life, educational institutions, and the development from the old walled town to the newer quarters. The narrative profiles literary figures, judges, publishers, and civic personalities, and uses memoirs, reviews, and contemporary anecdotes to illuminate cultural habits, legal and publishing circles, social gatherings, and the ways Scott both reflected and shaped his city’s society.