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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.

The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary

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    Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
    Publication Date: 16/09/1999
    ISBN13: 9781840182316, 978-1840182316
    ISBN10: 1840182318
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    European history Local history Urban communities / city life

    Description

    Book 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.

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