Essential Edinburgh City Tours
Edinburgh - Living City Education Pack
Visit:
Places of Interest
Shops, Pubs & Hotels
Streets
Community & Education
Churches
People
Architecture
Statues & Public Works of Art
Explore:
Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Mile
Princes Street
The New Town
The Water of Leith
Dean
Stockbridge
Canonmills
Broughton
Inverleith
Newhaven
Leith
image copyright Rachel Windsor
Deacon Brodie's Tavern on the Royal Mile remembers the notorious Deacon Brodie, who was a respectable wright (joiner) by day and a robber at night.
The image shows Deacon Brodie after a cartoon by John Kay, and was first published in Edinburgh Old and New by James Grant.
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Links:
Deacon Brodie biography
Deacon Brodie on Rampant Scotland
Deacon Brodie's Tavern on Edinburgh 247
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (full text) on the Literature Network
Spark Study Notes for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Contact Information
Deacon Brodie's Tavern
435 Lawnmarket
Edinburgh EH1 2NT
0131 220 0317