Spain Literary

From bloodthirsty conquest to exotic romance, stereotypes of Spain abound. This new volume by distinguished historian Stanley G. Payne draws on his half-century of experience to offer a balanced, broadly chronological survey of Spanish history from the Visigoths to the present. Who were the first “Spaniards”? Is Spain a fully Western country? Was Spanish liberalism a failure? Examining Spain's unique role in the larger history of Western Europe, Payne reinterprets key aspects of the country's history.

Spain's position on Europe's southwestern corner has exposed it to cultural, political and actual winds blowing from all quadrants. Africa lies a mere nine miles to the south. The Mediterranean connects it to the civilisational currents of Phoenicians, Romans, Carthaginians and Byzantines as well as the Arabic lands of the Near East. Hordes from the Russian steppes were amongst the first to arrive. They would be followed by Visigoths, Arabs, Napoleonic armies and many more invaders and immigrants.

Depressed from the complications of a head injury, Serena Manchester seeks solitude in the hometown she left almost 25 years before. Unknown to Serena, her hometown's landscape has changed and unseemly elements have seeped into the quaint Southern seaport town.

Tan real como la vida y tan descarnado como la memoria, este libro recoge los recuerdos de la Guerra Civil Española en Madrid de los padres del autor. Una epopeya de miserias cotidianas, miedos y desengaños con el telón de fondo del conflicto que partió España en dos. Ángel y Madgalena, dos jóvenes liberales conservadores de Guadalajara, en pleno bando republicano, intentan adaptarse a la vida que continúa en medio de una guerra en la que no participan ni tampoco entienden.