Spain category: 3192 books
Adventures of a young rifleman in the French and English armies,
during the war in Spain and Portugal, from 1806 to 1816. Written by himself
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
During the Napoleonic Wars, few had such an unenviable job as the “poor bloody infantry”; fodder for cannon, unless tightly packed in ranks prey to cavalry, their only recourse was discipline and a highly inaccurate musket. As tactics evolved, the infantry would look for ways to maximize their...
by Adelbert J. Doisy DeVillargennes
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Adelbert DeVillargennes joined the French Navy in 1807 as an apprentice and managed to climb to the post of Midshipman but transferred to the ranks of the Grande Armée. He fought as a lieutenant in Austria, although wounded he returned to active service in Spain where he was captured by the British....
by Sir George B. L’Estrange
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Sir George L’Estrange was only an ensign when he started on his Peninsular career in the 31st or Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot, joining the war in 1812. Arriving in Portugal and meeting with his cousin, who had escaped from French capture at Verdun, Sir George recounts his cousin’s story before...
by Général de Division Baron Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri Dieudonné Thiébault
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
General Thiébault was always destined for a career in the military: his father was a professor in the military school in Berlin and a friend of Frederick the Great. Having started as a volunteer in the Revolutionary army, he started to acquire a reputation for his knowledge of military matters and...
Fear and Loathing in La Liga
Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Fear and Loathing in La Liga is the definitive history of the greatest rivalry in world sport: FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. It's Messi vs. Ronaldo, Guardiola vs. Mourinho, the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs. Franco's fascists, plus majestic goals and mesmerizing skills. It's the best...
La Roja
How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played by British sailors and engineers, through to the influx of South American stars, and similarly inspirational Italians, Dutchman...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
*Includes Cortés's Second Letter to Charles V, one of the most descriptive firsthand accounts of the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan.*Discusses the Aztec Empire, the city of Tenochtitlan, and the human sacrifice rituals.*Includes pictures of Cortés and important people, places, and events. *Includes a Bibliograpy...
Lending to the Borrower from Hell
Debt, Taxes, and Default in the Age of Philip II
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable insights. Lending to the Borrower from Hell looks at...
by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was born to an affluent family in Salamanca Spain in 1510. Coronado is most famous for his expedition to find the Seven Cities of Gold, starting in 1540. He explored much of the present-day Southwest United States and Northern Mexico. The Journey of Coronado is a fascinating...
Rails Across Europe
Eastern and Southern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The two volumes covering Rails Across Europe are divided into one covering the North and West of the continent, the other dealing with the South and East.
The photos were taken by David Cable, well-regarded author of several photographic albums of trains throughout the world, supplemented by...
by Lonely Planet
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher*
Lonely Planet’s Pocket Bilbao & San Sebastiánis your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the Museo Guggenheim in Bilbao, soak in the history...
Dictatorships in the Hispanic World
Transatlantic and Transnational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This book provides a transatlantic and interdisciplinary perspective of dictatorships in the Hispanic World, focusing on the common strategies used to represent and/or protest these regimes in narrative, film, poetry, essays, theater, and visual arts. By looking at the similarities and differences...
by C. S. Forester
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
To The Indies is the story of Don Narciso Rich, a lawyer for Their Highnesses of Spain, who is sent on an ocean voyage with Admiral Cristo Columbus himself for further search for the treasures of the Indies and renewed government supervision of the original colonies. He survives not only physical...
by O. Howard
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
There appears to be a settled belief, quite general in its expression, that the character of a daughter derives from the father rather than from the mother. Fathers, surely, enjoy this conceit; but Isabella of Castile, whom the historians of Spain denominate Isabel la Catolica, affords a noble exception.
From...