Edinburgh
Celebrity City Guide
Joanne Soroka
Retrace the footsteps of over 100 of Edinburgh’s most illustrious people (& animals). With many maps to guide you, Edinburgh – Celebrity City Guide, details the lives of one hundred of the city’s most famous people, along with illustrations and maps of where they lived, worked or dallied. From the discovery of a reliable anaesthetic to the birthplace of Sean Connery, this book reveals the city’s darkest secrets and its most colourful characters. A celebrity city guide to the lives of one hundred of Edinburgh’s most famous people. Aimed at residents and visitors to Edinburgh, walkers, local historians and tourist information centres. Superbly illustrated with 202 colour photographs, drawings of people and a map of Edinburgh with number locations. Joanne Soroka shares her love and local history knowledge of Edinburgh by producing this celebrity city guide.
ISBN: 9781847975591
Published: May 20, 2013
Format: Ebook
About the author
Joanne Soroka has been weaving tapestries for over forty years. After gaining a post-graduate diploma with distinction from the tapestry department of Edinburgh College of Art, she worked as the artistic director of the Edinburgh Tapestry Company (Dovecote Studios) and then taught for seventeen years at Edinburgh College of Art. At the same time, she exhibited her work in eleven solo and some one hundred group exhibitions around the world. Her many successes include a major award for individual development from the Scottish Arts Council. She is a professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists and is on the Crafts Council's Index of Selected Makers.
