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Glasgow memorials

Autor Robert Renwick
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mai 2019
Glasgow is written in stone as much as in streets. Here, stone speaks for Glasgow. In Glasgow Memorials, Robert Renwick leads you through the city's quieter landmarks: the graves, plaques, and carved dedications that hold a community's memory. Part historical guidebook and part antiquarian reference book, this catalog of memorials gathers Scottish memorial inscriptions from cemetery and church monuments across the west of Scotland. Renwick notes the people commemorated, the places where they rest, and the character of the monuments themselves, making the volume a vivid piece of glasgow local history. It is also a practical genealogy research resource, pointing family historians towards names, dates, and locations worth pursuing, while offering scottish heritage enthusiasts a textured view of victorian era glasgow and the civic pride that shaped it. Readers drawn to scottish architectural history will appreciate the attention to craftsmanship and setting within the historic monuments of Glasgow. Compiled at a moment when modern Glasgow was rapidly remaking itself, the book captures memorials that weather, redevelopment, and neglect can erase. Renwick's methodical eye turns each entry into a small act of preservation, and his notes reward both armchair browsing and purposeful visits with a notebook in hand. For collectors of classic Scottish non-fiction, it stands as a distinctive local chronicle: factual, intimate, and rich in place. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789353702984
ISBN-10: 9353702984
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Alpha Editions