A Traveller's Companion to Madrid

Author:   Hugh Thomas
Publisher:   Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN:  

9781623716684


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   17 September 2024
Format:   Paperback
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A vivid portrait of Madrid--ideal for the cultured tourist or armchair traveler. 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.

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Author:   Hugh Thomas
Publisher:   Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Imprint:   Interlink Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9781623716684


ISBN 10:   1623716683
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   17 September 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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"""A fascinating companion."" ""All the essential spirit of Madrid - somber, aristocratic and tinged with violence."" ""Ideal for the cultured tourist . . . a vivid portrait."" ""Outstanding . . . a tour de force."""


""A fascinating companion."" ""All the essential spirit of Madrid - somber, aristocratic and tinged with violence."" ""Ideal for the cultured tourist . . . a vivid portrait."" ""Outstanding . . . a tour de force.""


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Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War is considered a classic work. His other books include a study of Goya's painting 2 May 1808, The Cuban Revolution, An Unfinished History of the World, Armed Truce, and The Conquest of Mexico.

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