Author: Norman Davies
Title: Travels in Andalusia
Description: Pimlico 1997 Paperback, 1385pp. 'One of those great books It deserves the greatest possible readership. ' THE TIMES 'Books of real quality and importance are rare. Norman Davies's history of Europe is one of them. It is a brilliant achievement, written with intelligence, lucidity and a breathtaking width of knowledge This is a book everyone should read. ' A. C. Grayling, FINANCIAL TIMES 'A noble monument of scholarship, and all the more noble because it is so full of surprise and feeling There are superb assessments of vastly daunting subjects. 'Jan Morris, INDEPENDENT 'It brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement. ' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, SUNDAY TIMES 'Monumental, authoritative A book for enquiring minds of all ages, it will answer hundreds of enquires and provoke thousands more. ' Noel Malcolm, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'No history of Europe in the English language has been so even-handed in its treatment of east and west Strong characterisation, vivid detail, trenchant opinions, cogent anaylsis all make this tremendous reading. 'T. L. S. Very heavy. (ISBN: 9780712666336). Good.

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