The Story of Spain (Fifth Edition)

“By far the best introduction in English to Spain’s history and culture, from its origins to the present day.” (Paul Smith, Emeritus Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at U.C.L.A.)

The Story of Spain is a story of kings and poets, saints and conquistadors, emperors and revolutionaries. It is the story of Torquemada, Cervantes, Picasso, Franco, Saint Theresa, and of the Alhambra and the Escorial.

In nearly 300 information-packed and easily readable pages this exciting pageant is brought to life by an author who writes with “the fluency of a journalist combined with a historian’s zest for accuracy and detail” (Costa Blanca News).

This exciting new edition brings together the myriad fragments of Spanish history right up to the 2008 elections and the result is a wonderful mosaic destined to take this classic Santana title effortlessly into its third decade.