| Item #470 THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ALONSO DE CONTRERAS, A 17th Century Journey SPAIN & PORTUGAL Author: Philip Dallas
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Transl and Annotated by Philip Dallas. Set against the backdrop of the Spanish-Turkish conflict and told in diary form, this is a tale of fifty years in the life of a Spanish swashbuckler: A soldier/sailor of fortune and Knight of Malta, the only plebeian ever allowed to join the order. Knighted by Pope Urbaan VIII, for his war against the enemies of Christendom, such were his deeds and reputation that throughout many Mediterranean ports his portrait hung under a " Wanted by the Turks, Good Bounty Paid." poster. New York, 1989, 1st Ed., 193 Pgs., HB, |
| Item #4098 DAILY LIFE IN SPAIN IN THE GOLDEN AGE SPAIN & PORTUGAL Author: Marcelin Defourneaux
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Transl. by Newton Branch. Chapters on Madrid, the Court and the Town, Seville, the Mirror of the Indies of Castile, Urban ,Rural, Church, Religious, Public, Festival, Domestic, University, military and Picaresque life, along with a "Letter From A Journey in Spain", and the conception of life. Stanford, CA. 1979 Repr. HB (ndc), 256 Pgs. |
