A Traveller's Companion to Madrid by Hugh Thomas

A Traveller's Companion to Madrid by Hugh Thomas

The Earl of Clarendon describes 17th century bullfights; Salvador Dali plays a surrealist joke on a snooty barman at the Ritz; Rubens visits the Alcázar; Manet is at the Prado; generals and anarchists meet in the Puerta del Sol. Hugh Thomas has chosen these and other vivid snapshots of Madrid's history from diaries, letters, memoirs and novels across five centuries to evoke the city's drama and life.

All the essential spirit of Madrid -- sombre, aristocratic and tinged with violence* Bloomsbury Book Guide *
Outstanding . . . a tour de force. * Geographical Journal *

Hugh Thomas was an English historian, writer and life peer in The House of Lords. Best known for The Spanish Civil War (1961), for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award, Thomas wrote a number of political works and histories. By the end of his life, Thomas had been appointed Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and received the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic from Spain as well as the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. Hugh Thomas was an English historian, writer and life peer in The House of Lords. Best known for The Spanish Civil War (1961), for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award, Thomas wrote a number of political works and histories. By the end of his life, Thomas had been appointed Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and received the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic from Spain as well as the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.

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ISBN 13	9781845291006
ISBN 10	184529100X
Title	A Traveller's Companion to Madrid
Author	Hugh Thomas
Series	A Traveller's Companion
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2005-03-24
Number of pages	352
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