Engaging history of the rich cultural, social and political life of Spain from prehistoric times to the present.

'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week 'A remarkable mixture of cold history

Attempts to show as a whole the Peninsula made up of Spain and Portugal, with the slow unfolding of a pattern of society and an attitude to life still subtly di

The present work is an attempt to give in one volume the main features of Spanish history from the standpoint of America. It should serve almost equally well fo