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Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past [Kindle Edition]

Giles Tremlett (Author)
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'[Tremlett] paints a rich, multicolored canvas of one of Europe's most fascinating nations.' -- Entertainment Weekly
'This well traveled journalist...knows his subject as he ventures through the past to explain the present personality of a country so varied that even in modern times its complicated medieval legacy is part of everyday life.' --Washington Times (Ann Geracimos)
'Tremlett has written a smart and highly readable book that mixes incisive political history with sophisticated cultural reporting.' --SeattleTimes (Robin Updike)

'Fascinating and intelligent book ... a timely and perceptive piece of cultural history.' --Catholic Herald

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'Tremlett's lively and well-informed Ghosts of Spain is at once a history, a journalistic inquiry and a travel book.'
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50 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the book I had been looking for for a long time; something that would give me an insight into what makes the modern spain and the spaniard 'tick'. I knew a little about recent spanish history but didn't want to delve headlong into book after book about the moors, the civil war, franco etc. This book provides a perfect summarisation of all of these and a whole lot more. An incredible amount has happened to Spain in recent times and the future promises a lot more. This book will hopefully provide a useful insight into where Spain has come from and where its heading in the future. Not a book that can be rushed through. Take your time and digest as one would with a good meal.
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73 of 78 people found the following review helpful
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Tremlett is a witty, trenchant and astute observer of modern Spain. Being an outsider will forever condemn him in the eyes of Spaniards wishing their past would go quietly into the night; and yet it is just his outsider status that allows him to couple the telling quote with the ascerbic-yet-loving anecdote. His chapter on flamenco is an outsider's paean to his adopted country. The chapter on Benidorm combines high-comedy, bathos and despair in equal measure. His writing is at its best when his natural wit and humour come to the fore, traits which lift this book well-above the usual 'foreign correspondent does foreign country' diatribe. Highly recommended.
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This book is a balance between an accurately researched and passionately personal account of Spain past and present. Having lived in Spain for a short while - I felt it captured precisely the atmosphere of this fascinating and multi-levelled culture which eludes so many of us. Tremlett has obviously met this Herculean task of unveiling a complicated history and multi-facetted culture with great sensitivity and compassion. He covers complicated and sensitive isues such as the Franco era, ETA and Basque culture and history aswell as flamenco and the history of tourism and the Spaniard's relation to all these issues today.
The author's compassion for the Spaniards and their past is offset by the precision of the journalist's eye for the politically explosive and important issues which have come into the public eye recently. He delves deeply with great passion and understanding into a culture he has adopted as his own but to which he will never belong. At times I felt I was reading a scintillating novel and at others I was reading a political account. The author manages to synthesise these beautifully! If you have ever been to Spain, want to go to Spain or are just interested in the country, read this book!
It will deepen your compassion and expand your understanding of a culture that has had so many ties with our own over the years.
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A Must For Anyone Who Wants To Know More About Spain
This is an excellent book for anyone living in Spain or who wants to know more about the country. I found the start of the book quite slow going and pretty heavy especially the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Lock
a great read
This book is great to enhance your knowledge about Spain and many aspects of the country. It is witty and enjoyable as well as containing useful facts and reliable information.
Published 2 months ago by zo
A personal history
This is a personal travelogue as much as a history of modern Spain. Tremlett uncovers the `ghosts' that make up Spain - not just Franco and the Civil War, but also ETA and the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by History Geek
Let-Down expectations
I had high expectations for this book, as I am a devoted hispanophile and have long had links with that country and its people. The reviews I read boded well. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Coffee Lover
An interesting look at Spain
I'm a fan of Spain away from the Costas, I like to explore when on holiday but find my knowledge of Spanish history and culture patchy at best. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Charlie&Molly
Ghosts of Spain
The Author gives a fascinating insight in todays Spain and how it got to be the colourful and diverse nation that it is. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Pottster
Excellent review of modern Spain
This book explores modern Spain from the point of view of an Englishman who has lived in Spain for 20 years or more. Read more
Published 9 months ago by john
Ghosts of Spain - A must read
I was recommended this book by a friend and found it to be a brilliant insight into Spain's history. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Deb
Superb quality - slow delivery
The quality of this product is just as described - as good as new; and for the price paid it was superb. Delivery took a lot longer than hoped which was a bit of a shame. Read more
Published 12 months ago by linny
Behind the Sun, Sea and Sangria
I was recommended to read this book by a friend. Having lived and worked in Spain for over 10 years, I was impressed by the author's grasp of the 'real Spain' behind the tourist... Read more
Published 13 months ago by cal56
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