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A Brief History of Spain Paperback – March 3, 2020
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This is the extraordinary story of Spain, from early tribalism and Roman rule to the Moorish conquest, Spain's eighteenth-century revival under the Bourbons, the Peninsular War and revolution in Spanish America right up to the catastrophic civil war and Franco's totalitarian regime. A key theme from Columbus's first voyage in 1492 was Spain's trans-oceanic empire which was central to the country's global impact. And the story continues with a look at contemporary Spain, not least Catalonia, and its future.
Black succeeds in covering not only political and military history, but also environmental and cultural factors. He looks, too, at what makes Spain's regions distinct, and how the history of the Iberian peninsula, could, at various points, have taken some very different turns.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRobinson
- Publication dateMarch 3, 2020
- Dimensions5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
- ISBN-101472141687
- ISBN-13978-1472141682
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- Publisher : Robinson (March 3, 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1472141687
- ISBN-13 : 978-1472141682
- Item Weight : 6.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
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I loved the little boxes within the text on little excerpted subjects (eg Picasso, Orwell etc). However, up until the last quarter of the book the author did often fall into the trap of just listing names and dates. Kings / Queens / others would appear for one paragraph and then never be heard from again at an alarming rate. It was just too much information - if someone's contribution to Spanish history is only worth passing mention in one paragraph then it's probably safe to say they can be left out entirely. As a result this 300 odd page book took me a month to read. I wouldn't recommend it unfortunately.



