2020, ISBN: 1472129830

'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere tourist destination. Yet we ignore events there at o… Más…

'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere tourist destination. Yet we ignore events there at our peril, for a long view of the country's history reveals how it has shaped the Western world by presaging everything from the Crusades to the European Renaissance, Western colonialism, the Second World War and the Cold War. This truth has never before been grasped, however, because Spain is a Cassandra country. As with Troy's prophetess, so Spain's prescience is doomed to be ignored - not only by her neighbours, but also by her own people. Today, Spain has returned to the headlines because she is once again caught in an ancient pattern of deciding through civil conflict whether to remain united or splinter into many parts. We speak of the Spanish Civil War as if there had only ever been one, yet every century in Spanish history has seen bloody engagement, each time over intractable questions about national identity. Violencia tells the colourful and highly engaging story of the country from its very beginnings to the present day by combining decades of research with personal anecdote. The book uncovers for the first time not only underlying shapes of Spanish history which are in danger of being repeated, but also the previously unacknowledged fact that events in the country have long predicted developments in the West. It is a must read for anyone wishing to understand Spain, and a complex and changing world. 'Illuminating and always provocative' Paul Preston 'A thrilling, page-turning adventure' Jason Elliot Media Taschenbuch Buch, 418 Seiten, Media > Books, Little, Brown Book Group, 2020<

2020, ISBN: 9781472129833

Spain has never worked as a democracy. Throughout the country's history only one system of government has ever enjoyed any real success: dictatorship and the use of violence.Violence, in … Más…

Spain has never worked as a democracy. Throughout the country's history only one system of government has ever enjoyed any real success: dictatorship and the use of violence.Violence, in fact, is what Spain is made of, lying at the heart of its culture and identity, far more so than any other western European nation. For well over a thousand years, the country has only ever been forged and then been held together through the use of aggression - brutal, merciless terror and warfare directed against its own people. Without it the country breaks apart and Spain ceases to exist - a fact that recent events in Barcelona confirm. Authoritarianism is the Spanish default setting.Yet Spain has produced many of the most important artists and thinkers in the Western world, from Cervantes, author of the first modern novel, to Goya, the first modern painter. Much of Western artistic expression, in fact, from the Picaresque to Cubism, would be unthinkable without the Spanish contribution. This unique national genius, however, does not exist despite Spain's violent backdrop; it is, in fact, born out of it. Indeed Spain's genius and violent nature go hand in hand, locked together in a macabre, elaborate dance. This is the country's tragedy.La Violencia unveils this truth for the first time, exposing the bloody heart of Spain - from its origins in the ancient past to the Civil War and the current crisis in Catalonia. La Violencia will be in the tradition of those books which come to define our understanding of a country. Books Jason Webster|Paperback|Little, Brown Book Group|25/06/2020, Little, Brown Book Group<

2020, ISBN: 9781472129833

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere touri… Más…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere tourist destination. Yet we ignore events there at our peril, for a long view of the country's history reveals how it has shaped the Western world by presaging everything from the Crusades to the European Renaissance, Western colonialism, the Second World War and the Cold War.This truth has never before been grasped, however, because Spain is a Cassandra country. As with Troy's prophetess, so Spain's prescience is doomed to be ignored - not only by her neighbours, but also by her own people.Today, Spain has returned to the headlines because she is once again caught in an ancient pattern of deciding through civil conflict whether to remain united or splinter into many parts. We speak of the Spanish Civil War as if there had only ever been one, yet every century in Spanish history has seen bloody engagement, each time over intractable questions about..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 418, [GW: 313g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Klarna-Sofortüberweisung, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2020, ISBN: 9781472129833

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere touri… Más…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere tourist destination. Yet we ignore events there at our peril, for a long view of the country's history reveals how it has shaped the Western world by presaging everything from the Crusades to the European Renaissance, Western colonialism, the Second World War and the Cold War.This truth has never before been grasped, however, because Spain is a Cassandra country. As with Troy's prophetess, so Spain's prescience is doomed to be ignored - not only by her neighbours, but also by her own people.Today, Spain has returned to the headlines because she is once again caught in an ancient pattern of deciding through civil conflict whether to remain united or splinter into many parts. We speak of the Spanish Civil War as if there had only ever been one, yet every century in Spanish history has seen bloody engagement, each time over intractable questions about..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 418, [GW: 313g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Klarna-Sofortüberweisung, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2020, ISBN: 9781472129833

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere touri… Más…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 'A provocative and entertaining trot through the paradoxes of Spanish history' Literary Review Spain is often overlooked as a mere tourist destination. Yet we ignore events there at our peril, for a long view of the country's history reveals how it has shaped the Western world by presaging everything from the Crusades to the European Renaissance, Western colonialism, the Second World War and the Cold War.This truth has never before been grasped, however, because Spain is a Cassandra country. As with Troy's prophetess, so Spain's prescience is doomed to be ignored - not only by her neighbours, but also by her own people.Today, Spain has returned to the headlines because she is once again caught in an ancient pattern of deciding through civil conflict whether to remain united or splinter into many parts. We speak of the Spanish Civil War as if there had only ever been one, yet every century in Spanish history has seen bloody engagement, each time over intractable questions about..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 418, [GW: 313g], PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<