Spain Portugal category: 3192 books
by Lonely Planet, Marc Di Duca, Kate Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Discover Portugal is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on Portugal's top experiences. Cruise through the canals of Aveiro, tour the Alto Douro wine country, or walk the medieval town of Evora; all with...
by Marc Rigole
Language: French
Release Date: June 26, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: June 26, 2016
Partez à la découverte du Fabuleux nord du Portugal avec ce chapitre extrait du guide Ulysse Fabuleux Portugal. Viana do Castelo peut se vanter d’être à la fois une ville attrayante et une station balnéaire riche en architecture. La Praia do Cabedelo, animée et familiale, ainsi que la Praia...
First Templar Nation
How Eleven Knights Created a New Country and a Refuge for the Grail
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Overturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar
• Explains how and why the Templars created Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king
• Reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their...
Consensus and Debate in Salazar's Portugal
Visual and Literary Negotiations of the National Text, 1933–1948
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2008
Ellen Sapega’s study documents artistic responses to images of the Portuguese nation promoted by Portugal’s Office of State Propaganda under António de Oliveira Salazar. Combining archival research with current theories informing the areas of memory studies, visual culture, women’s autobiography,...
History of the War in the Peninsula, under Napoleon - Vol. II
to which is prefixed a view of the political and military state of the four belligerent powers
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
General Maximilien Foy was a renowned and experienced French general with a long and distinguished career. An artilleryman like his master Napoleon , he fulfilled his duty to France despite disagreeing with Napoleon, and fought across Europe from Switzerland, Germany, Portugal and Spain. He spent...
by Douglas L. Wheeler, Walter C. Opello Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an...
A History of the Peninsular War Volume I 1807-1809
From the Treaty of Fontainebleau to the Battle of Corunna [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 9 maps and 2 portraits
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir...
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...
A Vanished World
Medieval Spain's Golden Age of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
In a world troubled by religious strife and division, Chris Lowney's vividly written book offers a hopeful historical reminder: Muslims, Christians, and Jews once lived together in Spain, creating a centuries-long flowering of commerce, culture, art, and architecture.
In 711, a ragtag army...
by Lonely Planet, Kevin Raub, Kate Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Portugal is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stand at Europe's southwestern edge on the barren cliffs of Cabo de Sao Vicente, stretch...
From the Source - Spain
Spain's Most Authentic Recipes From the People That Know Them Best
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet presents Spain's most authentic dishes - direct from the kitchens where they were perfected.
From family bakers to Michelin-starred chefs, Spain's best local cooks share their passion for food and their region's...
Managing African Portugal
The Citizen-Migrant Distinction
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
In Managing African Portugal, Kesha Fikes shows how the final integration of Portugal’s economic institutions into the European Union (EU) in the late 1990s changed everyday encounters between African migrants and Portuguese citizens. This economic transition is examined through transformations...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
The Rough Guide to Portugal is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most popular holiday destinations. With in-depth coverage to guide you and stunning photography to inspire you, The Rough Guide to Portugal will ensure you make the most of your time in Portugal, whether you plan to relax...
Journey to Portugal
In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2002
When José Saramago decided some twenty years ago to write a book about Portugal, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he has certainly succeeded. Recording the events and observations of a journey across the length and breadth of the country he loves dearly,...