| A Traveller's Companion to Madrid Contributor(s): Thomas, Hugh (Author) |
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ISBN: 156656591X ISBN-13: 9781566565912 Publisher: Interlink Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2013 Annotation: This anthology of eyewitness accounts--in diaries, letters, memoirs and novels--ranges across five centuries and reveals Madrid's history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Travel | United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 946.41 |
| Series: Traveller's Companion To... |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.14" W x 7.78" (0.84 lbs) 422 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hugh Thomas, best known for his authoritative analysis of the Spanish Civil War, has chosen from diaries, letters, memoirs and novels ranging across five centuries of Madrid's history. The anthology brilliantly evokes the drama and personalities of the past by drawing on eyewitness accounts and commentaries from both visitors and inhabitants including Beaumarchais, Beckford, Alexandre Dumas, Goya, Victor Hugo, Hemingway, Napoleon and scores of others. |