Author: Matthew Parris Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0241961785 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 339
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Walking in the Pyrenees, Matthew Parris stumbled upon a magnificent medieval house. Inspirational and instructional, this is the story of one man's dream to turn a forgotten ruin into his very own castle in Spain.
Author: Thomas F. Glick Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9780719033490 Category : History Languages : es Pages : 238
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Explores the history of Spain from the Roman province, through the Visigothic and Arab conquests, to the Christian Reconquest and reorganisation of society in the thirteenth century
Author: Bertha L. Gunterman Publisher: ISBN: Category : Folklore Languages : en Pages : 280
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Sixteen folktales from the Iberian Peninsula: The Golden Pitcher; Silver Magic; The Ill-tempered Princess; The Sunbeam Sprites; Issyben-Aran; The Magician's Castle in the Sea; Juanillo; Don Fernán and the Orange Princess; Carlo Magno and the Giant; The Branch of Almond Blossom; How Blanca the Haughty Became Gentle; The Treasure of Cardona; The Magic Portrait; The Gift of Fishes; Ballads and Boots; and The Black Charger.
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Publisher: ISBN: 9781628342918 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Unique Element About the Author / Historical Context A COLLECTION OF POEMS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. Kéramos and Other Poems, by AMERICAN author HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) is a collection of poems first published in 1878 in the UNITED STATES. Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He was among the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas. This volume contains some original poems by Longfellow, as well as his translations of Virgil, Ovid, and others, including seven sonnets and one canzone by Michelangelo. Included among the poems in this collection are "The Leap of the Roushan Beg," the famous "Haroun Al Raschid" and the sequence "Birds of Passage: Flight the Fifth." "Art is the child of nature," wrote the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his book of poetry, Kéramos and Other Poems. Sneak Peak Art is the child of Nature; yes, Her darling child, in whom we trace The features of the mother's face, Her aspect and her attitude, All her majestic loveliness Chastened and softened and subdued Into a more attractive grace, And with a human sense imbued. Title Details Originally published in 1878
Author: Pamela L. Barrus Publisher: ISBN: 9780917120169 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 308
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Descriptions of 132 castle and palace hotels in ten countries Austria,ngland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, andales include the history of each, facilities and services available,ctivities and excursions in the area, facilities for children and disabledersons, and maps showing the location of each. Annotation c
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