{"product_id":"edinburgh-a-city-of-romanticism-aonghus-mackechnie","title":"Edinburgh : A city of Romanticism – Aonghus MacKechnie","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdinburgh : A city of Romanticism – Aonghus MacKechnie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eRomanticism helped shape Scotland's international identity. It profoundly influenced Scottish culture, inspired artistic and intellectual movements across Europe, and played a significant role in establishing the country's enduring appeal as a destination for visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis book explores Edinburgh's most emblematic architecture during the long nineteenth century: the distinctive castellated, stone-built cityscape of Scotland's national revival. It reveals how, by the 1820s, Scotland had emerged as one of Europe's leading centres of Romanticism, inspired both by the dramatic landscapes of the Highlands and by Edinburgh itself, a city at the heart of the Romantic imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eEdinburgh also became the principal gateway for travellers drawn to Romantic Scotland through the writings of James Macpherson and Sir Walter Scott. Among the many artists, architects, writers and cultural figures inspired by the city and its surroundings were Schinkel, Turner, Haydn, Mozart and Jules Verne, alongside countless other visitors who contributed to Scotland's growing international reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOffering a valuable counterpoint to the extensively studied subject of Enlightenment Edinburgh, this book demonstrates how the city's Enlightenment and Romantic traditions developed side by side and continue to define its unique character. It examines the thinkers, artists, architects and patrons who shaped Edinburgh's Romantic vision, many of whom were deeply connected to the intellectual culture of the Scottish Enlightenment. Their legacy survives in the remarkable nineteenth-century architecture that forms much of the character of Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site and remains central to the city's architectural identity today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eRichly illustrated and grounded in original research, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the buildings, ideas and cultural forces that created one of Europe's most distinctive urban landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Aonghus MacKechnie\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and heritage professional, who teaches Architectural Conservation at the University of Strathclyde, where he is based, and Edinburgh. He previously spent 40 years as a government adviser with Historic Environment Scotland, dealing with historic buildings, archaeology, historic landscapes and battlefields.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis most recent books are\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2019, co-authored) and \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Scotland 1660-1750\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2020, co-edited), while he is also co-author of \u003ci\u003eLothian \u003c\/i\u003e(2024), in the Buildings of Scotland series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAonghus MacKechnie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; background: white;\"\u003e9781848227170\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication date: \u003c\/b\u003eSeptember 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aonghus MacKechnie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58400429375871,"sku":"9781848227170","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/7797\/7910\/files\/Edinburgh-CityofRomanticism.jpg?v=1789035355","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.rias.org.uk\/products\/edinburgh-a-city-of-romanticism-aonghus-mackechnie","provider":"RIAS Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}