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Meyer Kayserling (1829 - 1905) was a leading Jewish scholar in the 19th Century. His studies of Jewry in the Iberian Peninsula were largely based on original manuscripts found in archives, libraries and private collections in Europe. His scholarship caught the eye of the Spanish government, wwhich...

This is an ideal introduction to the whole history of Catalonia from the remotest times until the present. It is a rigorous and accessible vision aimed at everyone, which can be read quickly and easily. The book brings the Catalan past to all Catalans and to foreigners who, when they visit Catalonia,...

In 1569 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo ordered more than one million native people of the central Andes to move to newly founded Spanish-style towns called reducciones. This campaign, known as the General Resettlement of Indians, represented a turning point in the history of European colonialism:...

A História de Portugal como nunca foi contada. Oito séculos de acontecimentos impressionantes que mudaram para sempre o rumo de uma Nação. Este primeiro volume, de uma série de onze, relata os momentos cruciais da Fundação do Reino, desde as lutas de...

Ao voltarem de uma noite de diversão, dois amigos deparam-se com um moribundo, ao tentarem socorrê-lo acabam por se verem acusados da morte do infeliz. São julgados e condenados à pena de morte. Mas a pena é-lhes comutada para degredo perpétuo, e vão...

Toda a verdade sobre o maior tabu da presença portuguesa em África. Que segredos poderão ser revelados sobre a descolonização de Angola? O que terá sido discutido na ilha do Sal (em Setembro de 1974) entre Spínola e Mobutu sobre as condições de transferência do Poder para a FNLA? Que facilidades...

This fascinating account examines the fate which overtook the principality of Catalonia in the fifteenth century, reducing it from dominance within the state of Aragon to a marginal role in the Iberian power created by the union of Aragon and Castile. It begins by studying the tensions destabilising...

On May 20, 1938, a young man from the Bronx informs his parents that he is leaving for the Catskills to begin his new job as a waiter. Instead, he sails for Europe to join the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, the opening round in the fight against Hitler and Mussolini. The man, Dave...

O desaparecimento do rei D. Sebastião em Alcácer-Quibir, deu origem a diversos rumores e às mais extravagantes ideias sobre o regresso do monarca para reassumir o trono, entretanto tomado pelo rei Filipe II de Espanha. Uma das primeiras (e mais inverosímeis) histórias...

Neste romance, Bernardino Pinheiro, relata-nos as desventuras de dois jovens apaixonados que, apanhados pelas lutas dos portugueses com os marroquinos e pelo lado desumano, e lascivo, de um membro respeitável do clero vêm a sua vida desmoronar-se, sem nada poderem fazer...

Filha de D. Joana de Portugal, casada com o rei Henrique IV de Castela, a princesa D. Joana foi cognominada a "Beltraneja" pois presumia-se que era filha de um fidalgo da corte espanhola, D. Beltrão de La Cueva, e não do rei de Castela. Devido à paternidade suspeita,...

•Longlisted for 2018 Man Booker International Prize •Autobiographical novel piecing together the kidnap and murder of her grandfather by terrorists, reflecting on the personal impact of private pain and public tragedy. •A fragmented narrative told in a compulsively readable style.

Fado, a word meaning fate or destiny, refers to a type of music that embodies the Portuguese spirit of yearning.   Told by a mysterious narrator, Fado is a novelette that spans one year, a year marked by religious and pagan festivals, political holidays and the seasons.  ...

Much has been written about the life of Napoleon, whose actions dominated the beginning of the Nineteenth century; his campaigns have been charted in great detail as have his political manoeuvres; however, his life during his few quiet hours remained less well known - until the renowned Frédéric...