1707: In the Footsteps of Defoe

3 April 2007

Tuesday 3 April 2007 15:45-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Sarfraz Manzoor retraces the footsteps of author Daniel Defoe, a prominent supporter of the Act of Union, in southern Scotland in the 1720s.

In the 18th century the city was dark and overcrowded, but the Age of Enlightenment saw its reinvention as the cultural capital of Scotland.

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1707: In the Footsteps of Defoe

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