| The Tomb in Seville Contributor(s): Lewis, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780600089 ISBN-13: 9781780600086 Publisher: Eland Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: 946.081 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.43" W x 8.5" 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1934, Norman Lewis and his brother-in-law Eugene Corvaja travelled across the breadth of Spain on what turned out to be the eve of the murderous civil war. Commissioned by his Sicilian father-in-law to locate the tomb of the last Spanish Corvaja in the cathedral of Seville, when public transport came to a standstill, the two walked more than a hundred miles to Madrid, and were then forced via Portugal to Seville. Lewis makes light of being caught in the crossfire of a fractious country, sometimes literally, and glories in the beauty of nature and the common humanity of the Spaniards he meets on the way. |