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