2,334円 A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; a...

1,856円 THE MODERN CLASSIC: OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD A Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy book club pick 'The real deal: one gorgeous read' Stephen King 'This book will change your life. An instant classic' Daily Telegraph 'A book lover's dream' The Times Hidden in the heart of the old city ...

1,243円 From a master chronicler of Spanish history comes a magnificent work about the pivotal years from 1522 to 1566, when Spain was the greatest European power. Hugh Thomas has written a rich and riveting narrative of exploration, progress, and plunder. At its center is the unforgettable ruler who fou...

661円 This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes. CONTENTS (abridged list) PREFATORY CHAPTER Containing little more than an InvocationーA DissertationーA Choice of MiseriesーA Bill of FareーAnd a Receipt for making a Favourite Spanish Dish CHAPTER I GibraltarーForbidden GroundーDeri...

1,480円 ‘Magisterial … As engagingly readable as a good novel’ Observer The definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston. Francisco Franco was the Caudillo of Spain, leading the Nationalists' brutal, Fascist-sponsored victory over the Republican govern...

9,442円 From the very beginning of the nineteenth century, many elements of Spanish culture carried an air of 'exoticism' for the French-and nothing played more important of a role in shaping the French idea of Spain than the country's musical tradition. However, as Samuel Llano argues in Whose Spain?, p...

12,933円 Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were integrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD. He approaches the question from a variety of angles, including the social, economic, religious and material experi...

496円 Herbert E. Bolton (1870-1953) was a distinguished historian who received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1899. He was a Harrison Fellow while at Pennsylvania. Bolton quickly became an expert on Spanish colonies in the New World...

3,101円 Ziauddin Sardar sides with the philosophers of al-Andalus in their struggle with orthodox theologians, Robin Yassin-Kassab goes on a poetic journey, Nazry Bahrawi reveals how the Andalusi philosophers tamed the secular, Gema Martin Munoz is dismayed by the works of the Spanish Orientalists, Emili...

661円 INDICE. Dedicatoria Introducção TITULO I.--SECULO XVI. Reinado de D. Manoel; de 1500 a 1521 Reinado de D. João III; de 1521 a 1557 Regencia da Rainha D. Catharina d'Austria; de 1557 a 1562 Regencia do Cardeal D. Henrique; de 1562 a 1568 Reinado de D. Sebastião; de 1568 a 1578 Reinado do Cardeal D...

352円 A «História da prostituição e polícia sanitária no Porto», publicada pela primeira vez em 1864, é um interessante estudo sobre a evolução da prostituição, das leis que a enquadram e dos meios de controlo sanitários aplicados ao longo dos tempos na cidade do Porto. Esta nova edição foi cuidadosame...

515円 The Gordon family settled in Spain in the 18th century and became established quickly in the sherry and agricultural industries. They married Spaniards and became established in the Spanish Aristocracy. The gifts to Huntly of a Roman Catholic Church and school were appreciated by the Scots and th...