Carabanchel: The Last Brit in Europe's Hellhole Prison |
 Christopher Chance
ISBN: 1840189673
This is a true story of survival in what was arguably the most sinister prison in Europe: the Carabanchel. Christopher Chance was the last Brit to be shackled and hauled out of that infamous Spanish hellhole before it closed its gates on decades of...(read more) |
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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) |
 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria (Introduction), John Rutherford (Translator)
ISBN: 0142437239
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Our Lady of the Sewers |
 Paul Richardson
ISBN: 0349108579
Takes you to places in Spain you would never normally encounter and gives you a glimpse inside this fascinating country, all written engagingly with good humour. |
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Plays: "Blood Wedding", "Yerma", "Dona Rosita the Spinster" Vol 1 (Methuen World Dramatists S.) |
 Federico Garcia Lorca, Gwynne Edwards (Introduction), Peter Luke (Translator)
ISBN: 0413157806
Written at the height of Lorca's theatrical powers, these three tradgedies display his innovative mix of Spanish popular tradition and modern dramtic technique. They focus on the lives of passionate individuals, particularly women, trapped by the...(read more) |
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Requiem Por Un Campesino Espanol (Hispanic Texts) |
 Ramon J. Sender, Patricia MacDermott (Editor)
ISBN: 0719032229
"Requiem per un campesino espanol" was first published under the title Mosen Millan in Coleccion Aquelarre,Mexico, 1953. The present text follows the first Spanish edition published by Destino, Barcelona, 1974, which bears a few minor...(read more) |
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That Bringas Woman |
 Benito Perez Galdos, Catherine Jagoe (Translator)
ISBN: 0460876368
Written by Benito Perez Galdos, one of Spain's best kept literary secrets and arguably the greatest Spanish author since Cervantes, THAT BRINGAS WOMAN (1884)is part of Galdos's panoramic series of novels about Madrid social life and is also...(read more) |
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The Monk: A Romance (Penguin Classics) |
 Matthew Lewis
ISBN: 0140436030
Matthew "Monk" Lewis published "The Monk" in 1796 when he was only 21. The novel follows the diabolical decline of Ambrosio, a worthy Capuchin superior, who, tempted by Matilda, a young girl who has entered his monastery dressed as a...(read more) |
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The Vanished Hands |
 Robert Wilson
ISBN: 0151008418
It follows on from Blind Man of Seville, but stands alone as a story too. It's wonderfully dark and full of intrigue. Javier Falcon is developing into a strong character and it's easy to identify with him and his personality. If you like Rankin's...(read more) |
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Winter in Madrid |
 C.J. Sansom
ISBN: 1405005467
Harry felt panic beginning to stir. The thought of going back to Spain both excited and appalled him. A world of denunciations and midnight arrests. And Sandy Forsyth in the middle of it all! He looked at the photo again. 'I'm not sure,' he said slowly....(read more) |
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