Book Size: 5" x 7.75"
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781566565912
Series: Interlink Traveller's Companions
Imprint: Interlink Books
Edition: 1
Illustrations: b&w illustrations, maps
Category: Travel/Travel LiteratureA Traveller's Companion to Madrid
By Hugh Thomas
$ 16.95“All the essential spirit of Madrid —somber, aristocratic and tinged with violence.” — Bloomsbury Book Guide
About this book
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, Luis Buñuel, Alexandre Dumas, Goya, Victor Hugo, Hemingway, Napoleon and scores of others.
Includes: the Duke of Wellington walking in the shady Paseo del Prado; the Earl of Clarendon on 17th-century bullfights; Salvador Dalaí playing a surrealist joke on a snooty barman at the Ritz; Rubens in the Alcázar; Manet at the Prado, generals and anarchists in the Puerta del Sol; Casanova and Trotsky in prison.
Brand: Hugh ThomasAbout the author
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.
Reviews
“All the essential spirit of Madrid — somber, aristocratic and tinged with violence.” — Bloomsbury Book Guide
“Outstanding . . . a tour de force.” — Geographical Journal
“A fascinating companion.” — Tablet
“Ideal for the cultured tourist . . . a vivid portrait.” —Times Literary Supplement
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A Traveller’s Companion to London
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A Traveller’s Companion to Istanbul
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Additional information
| Cover Type | |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas, Hugh |
| test | |
| Edition | 1 |
| Inprint | Interlink Books |
| Pages | 352 |
| Type | PB |
| Illustrations | b&w illustrations , maps |
| Author Home | UK |
| Format | 5" x 7 3/4" |
| Reviews | "All the essential spirit of Madrid – somber , aristocratic and tinged with violence." — Bloomsbury Book Guide "Outstanding . . . a tour de force." — Geographical Journal "A fascinating companion." — Tablet |
| MainReview | "All the essential spirit of Madrid – somber, aristocratic and tinged with violence." — Bloomsbury Book Guide "Outstanding . . . a tour de force." — Geographical Journal |
