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A Guide to Seville: Five Walking Tours by P S Quick 9781785386480
RRP: £9.99£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785386480Author P S QuickFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Acorn Books LtdPublisher Andrews UK LimitedWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
First Portuguese Colonial Empire by Professor Malyn Newitt
RRP: £21.99£19.87The four essays in this book examine aspects of Portugal's first overseas empire, the maritime and commercial empire that was founded in the fifteenth century and which, during the sixteenth century extended from Brazil to China.Book InformationISBN... -
Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance in 1588 by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: £30.00£24.85The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023 "Will surely become the definitive account."-Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal In July 1588 the... -
Porto: Gateway to the World by Dr. Neill Lochery
RRP: £14.99£14.24'I fell in love with Porto and I love it still. The city's spectacular bridges, its vertiginous riverbanks, steep with ancient buildings, the old port houses, the wide squares: I was entranced by them all.' J.K. ROWLING One of the oldest cities in... -
The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes 9780861547548
RRP: £22.00£16.0225 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe's oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal forever. 'A thrilling and inspiring page-turner.' Richard Zimler, author... -
Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945 Neill Lochery 9781610391887
RRP: £15.99£9.30Lisbon 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... -
Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country by Michael Reid
£27.62An incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond "Comprehensive and engaging."-Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's long dictatorship was widely hailed as a... -
Wrath of God: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 by Edward Paice
RRP: £16.99£11.71Just after half past nine on the morning of Sunday 1 November 1755, the end of the world came to the city of Lisbon. On a day that had begun with blue skies and gentle warmth, Portugal's proud capital was struck by a massive earthquake. After a brief,... -
Prince Henry "the Navigator": A Life by P. E. Russell 9780300091304
RRP: £18.99£16.18Henry the Navigator, fifteenth-century Portuguese prince and explorer, is a legendary, almost mythical figure in late medieval history. Considered along with Columbus to be one of the progenitors of modernity, Prince Henry challenged the scientific... -
A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: From Beginnings to 1807 by Professor A. R. Disney 9780521738224
RRP: £28.99£22.48The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d'etre and no obvious roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it for long remained a small, struggling realm on Europe's... -
A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: From Beginnings to 1807 by Professor A. R. Disney
RRP: £28.99£23.40The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d'etre and no obvious political roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it for long remained a small, struggling realm on... -
The History of Portugal by James M. Anderson 9780313311062
£60.35This informative, concise, and engagingly written work provides the most up-to-date history of Portugal, current through 1999, and gives a full picture of the political, social, cultural, and economic influences that shaped the history of Portugal... -
Portugal: A Traveller's History Harold Livermore 9781843830634
RRP: £25.00£21.24An historical guide to Portugal which both describes and accounts for what the visitor might see and experience in this often-spellbinding country. Portugal, the 'ancient ally', is a country easily accessible, with an enviable climate, welcoming... -
The Captains' Coup: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Portugal (1974-1976) Wilfred Burchett 9781804298367
RRP: £22.00£18.70Legendary journalist Wilfred Burchett's eyewitness account of the military coup d'étatthat ended authoritarian dictatorship and established democracy in Portugal. The Captains' Coup offers an insightful, poignant narrative of events during the first year... -
Atlantic Crossroads in Lisbon’s New Golden Age, 1668-1750 Cacey Bowen Farnsworth 9780271098869
RRP: £103.95£88.36Long dependent on the Asian spice trade, Portugal suffered serious setbacks during the period of political union with Spain (1580–1640), as the Dutch and others seized key regions and destroyed commercial monopolies. By 1668, the greatest hope for a...