Holyrood and Canongate lie at the heart of Edinburgh's old town, their stones drenched in the history of the Scottish nation. This is the first book to trace the complete history of the Abbey of Holyrood and its burgh from prehistoric times to the present day, and underlines the mixed fortunes that have characterised this part of the city. In the sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries, the area became the site of a royal palace and then a court of precinct. But by 1900 it was a vast industrial zone, dominated by breweries, glassworks and gas works, its inhabitants living in some of the worst conditions in Scotland. With the completion of Enric Miralles' award-winning building for the Scottish parliament, E. Patricia Dennison finishes her perceptive and informative study by pondering the future of the old burgh as it faces the twenty-first century.
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