Royal Edinburgh

Name: Royal Edinburgh
Author: Margaret Oliphant
ISBN: 9781836103318

Author: Margaret Oliphant
Language: English
Length: 366 pages
ISBN: 9781836103318
Published: 20 March 2026
Imprint: Sovereign

Edinburgh history
Scottish monarchy
saints and religion
cultural heritage
poets and writers
medieval Scotland
royal figures
national identity
historical biography
social reform

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Description

Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Margaret Oliphant explores Edinburgh’s rich history through its influential figures. From saints and monarchs to poets, the narrative highlights the city’s cultural and political evolution. Opening with Margaret of Scotland’s transformative life, it blends biography and history, illustrating how personal virtue, piety, and vision shaped Edinburgh’s identity and legacy.

Author

Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897) was a Scottish novelist who wrote as if the rent depended on it — because it often did. Widowed young, she supported a large household with novels, biographies, reviews, and stories of the seen and unseen, becoming one of the Victorian age's most tireless professionals. Domestic realism, historical fiction, and ghostly tales all came from the same steady pen.

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