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Not all those that wander are lost... The Hound dreamt of living in a warmer climate, he dreamt of living amongst warmer people and in a country where food was given away for free. But neither he nor his human companion could cope with the coastal ghettos overflowing with sun-burnt socks, sandals...

The present work is an attempt to give in one volume the main features of Spanish history from the standpoint of America. It should serve almost equally well for residents of both the English-speaking and the Spanish American countries, since the underlying idea has been that Americans generally are...

O reinado de D. João V foi pejado de excessos, a vários níveis. Ele ambicionava ser o Luís XIV de Portugal e tudo fez para desbaratar as riquezas da nação. Teve inúmeras amantes e a todas gratificava generosamente. A mais famosa de todas foi...

Los autos sacramentales son obras religiosas de carácter alegórico representadas sobre todo en España y Portugal durante el Corpus Christi. Este género ocupa un papel muy interesante en la tradición teatral de Occidente, pues coexistió, antes de desaparecer, con una incipiente y cada vez más popular narrativa escénica interesada en los individuos, y en los sucesos mundanos.

The guerrilla struggle against Francoism arose in the days following the army revolt against the Spanish Republic on 18 July 1936. In areas which fell immediately to the mutinous army the principal leader of which was Lieutenant-General Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell (then a refugee in Portugal) with General...

Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of World War II, though not a gun was fired there. The only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis power operated openly, it was temporary home to much of Europe's exiled royalty, over one million refugees seeking passage to the U.S., and a host...

A preface from the pen of the late Marshal Lyautey introduces this book, which is an abridged translation of the Chronicales of Gomes Eannes de Azura, recording the siege and capture of Ceuta by the Portuguese, and the discovery of Guinea. Ceuta was captured because of the sons of John I--who had...

O rei D. Pedro V foi um dos mais acarinhados reis do final da monarquia portuguesa. O espírito do jovem príncipe, humilde e culto, e as infelicidades pessoais que sofreu, contribuíram para essa afeição popular. Alberto Pimentel escreveu este romance como...

« Ulm et Austerlitz, le Portugal en 1807 et en 1808, Laon en 1814. Les amours de l’auteur occupent une place aussi importantes dans ses souvenirs que ses exploits militaires. » p 129 - Professeur Jean Tulard, Bibliographie Critique Sur Des Mémoires Sur Le Consulat Et L’Empire, Droz, Genève, 1971

Perhaps the most famous of all Napoleonic memoirs to be written in any language are those written by Marbot. They stand in a league of their own. Napoleon, himself left a donation of 100,000 to him, for his refutation of General Rogniat's work - to quote Napoleon's will "I recommend him to continue...

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...

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...