Libros del mes

Portuguese Film, 1930-1960

<em>Portuguese Film, 1930-1960: The Staging of the New State Regime</em> provides groundbreaking analysis of Portuguese feature films produced in the first three decades of the New State (<em>Estado Novo</em>), a right-wing totalitarian regime that lasted between 1933 and 1974.

ISBN 9781501307287

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Marlborough’s Other Army

An often neglected aspect of Marlborough’s war is its crucial campaign in Spain and Portugal also known as the First Peninsula War of 1702–1712. Whilst this campaign was critical to the outcome of the war, relatively little information is available about it or the army that fought it.

ISBN 9781910294635

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Granada: The Light of Andalucia

Yearning for a change, Steven Nightingale took his family to live in the ancient Andalucían city of Granada. But as he journeyed through its hidden courtyards, scented gardens and sun-warmed plazas, Steven discovered that Granada's present cannot be separated from its past, and began an eight-year quest to discover more.

ISBN 9781857886313

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Balenciaga, Magician in Lace

Cristobal Balenciaga was a master of lace. Born in the Basque country of Spain, he opened his first boutique in San Sebastianin 1918. With the onset of the Spanish Civil War, he moved to Paris and opened his couture house on Avenue George V in August 1937..

ISBN 9782757209134

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REVOLUTIONARY MARXISM IN SPAIN 1930-1937

Revolutionary Marxism in Spain 1930-1937 examines the impact of Trotsky's political thought upon those Spanish communists who dissented from the 'general line' laid down by Moscow.

ISBN 9781608464814

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