El Escorial

A history of Spain from the time of Ferdinand and Isabella with many illustrations and works of art from such artists as; Sanchez Coello, El Greco, Velazquez and Goya. This book chronicles the tragic history of Philip II's Habsburg successors, the decaen opulence of the Spanish Bourbon's court and the desecration of the Escorial by French troops during Napoleon's 1808 Iberian campaign.