Footprints in Spain

British Lives in a Foreign Land

Simon Courtauld (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2016
Quartet Books (Verlag)
978-0-7043-7419-5 (ISBN)

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Part history, part memoir, part travelogue - a fascinating tour of Spain by an author who knows its history and culture inside out. Britons have been drawn to Spain for many centuries. It has played host to bloody wars and legendary love affairs that have shaped the culture, history and psyche of both nations. Over time, Spain has made its mark on many of our best-loved artists, thinkers, writers and royals. Intelligent, humane and idiosyncratic, this book tells the story of great British lives in Spain from the Pyrenees to Gibraltar and La Coruna to Valencia. In doing so, it vividly charts the tumultuous history of Spain, its people and its British visitors, from Catherine of Lancaster to Laurie Lee. Writing with warmth, colour and an eye for a great anecdote, Courtauld gets to the heart of Spanish life and sheds new light on this eternally fascinating country.

Simon Courtauld is the author of seven previous books including To Convey Intelligence (Profile Books) and Border Life (Elliott & Thompson). As well as spending many years travelling Spain he has been legal correspondent to the Times, deputy editor of the Spectator and a regular contributor to the Telegraph. He lives in Devizes, Wiltshire.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.11.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7043-7419-6 / 0704374196
ISBN-13	978-0-7043-7419-5 / 9780704374195
Zustand	Neuware