Spain
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Few figures in twentieth-century letters could claim the breadth of vision that Salvador de Madariaga brought to the study of his homeland — Spain stands as his magnum opus, a sweeping and authoritative portrait of a nation forged by centuries of conquest, faith, and contradiction. Written by a statesman, scholar, and humanist who lived both within and beyond Spain's turbulent borders, the work chronicles the country's character, history, and civilization with the penetrating insight of an insider and the critical detachment of a seasoned diplomat. From the complexities of the Spanish soul to the political upheavals that defined the Iberian Peninsula, de Madariaga presents a rich tapestry of culture, identity, and national destiny that remains as relevant today as when it was first written. Published by the distinguished London house Jonathan Cape, Spain holds a firm place in the canon of historical and cultural writing on the Iberian world, admired for its elegant prose and its willingness to confront uncomfortable truths about a people shaped equally by glory and tragedy. De Madariaga's style is at once scholarly and deeply personal — he argues with the passion of a patriot and the rigour of a historian, illuminating the soul of Spain through literature, religion, politics, and art. For any reader seeking to understand the forces that made modern Spain, this landmark work poses a question that lingers long after the final page: can a nation ever truly escape the weight of its own history?
Author: Salvador De Madariaga
Format: Hardback
Published: 1942, Jonathan Cape
Genre: European history
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Few figures in twentieth-century letters could claim the breadth of vision that Salvador de Madariaga brought to the study of his homeland — Spain stands as his magnum opus, a sweeping and authoritative portrait of a nation forged by centuries of conquest, faith, and contradiction. Written by a statesman, scholar, and humanist who lived both within and beyond Spain's turbulent borders, the work chronicles the country's character, history, and civilization with the penetrating insight of an insider and the critical detachment of a seasoned diplomat. From the complexities of the Spanish soul to the political upheavals that defined the Iberian Peninsula, de Madariaga presents a rich tapestry of culture, identity, and national destiny that remains as relevant today as when it was first written. Published by the distinguished London house Jonathan Cape, Spain holds a firm place in the canon of historical and cultural writing on the Iberian world, admired for its elegant prose and its willingness to confront uncomfortable truths about a people shaped equally by glory and tragedy. De Madariaga's style is at once scholarly and deeply personal — he argues with the passion of a patriot and the rigour of a historian, illuminating the soul of Spain through literature, religion, politics, and art. For any reader seeking to understand the forces that made modern Spain, this landmark work poses a question that lingers long after the final page: can a nation ever truly escape the weight of its own history?