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A traveller's companion to Madrid
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The Earl of Clarendon describes 17th century bullfights; Salvador Dali plays a surrealist joke on a snooty barman at the Ritz; Rubens visits the Alc�zar; 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.
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A traveller's companion to Madrid, Hugh Thomas
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- 2005
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- Title
- A traveller's companion to Madrid
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hugh Thomas
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 422
- ISBN10
- 184529100x
- ISBN13
- 9781845291006
- Series
- Collection
- Traveller's Companion
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- The Earl of Clarendon describes 17th century bullfights; Salvador Dali plays a surrealist joke on a snooty barman at the Ritz; Rubens visits the Alc�zar; 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.