A retelling of Miguel de Cervantes's epic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil in sixteenth-century Spain.
Chronicles the adventures of the not-so-noble knight, Don Quixote, and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain.
This engaging book follows the travels of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an entertaining tabloid style as Columbus navigates his way to the New World.
Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the work of artists who flourished in the provinces surrounding Madrid during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a period characterized by imperialism and fervent Catholicism.
An adaptation of the anonymous masterpiece tells the story of Lazarillo, a young man sold to a blind beggar as a child, who learns tough life lessons from a series of masters he serves in sixteenth-century Spain.
Robert Hughes explores the world of Goya and gives a very personal commentary on his paintings, charting his achievements as a court painter, satirist, and war reporter, and finally as the topographer of the inner self, madness, fear, and despair.
Called "the most sublime of all the Spanish mystics," distinguished Carmelite monk John of the Cross holds a singular place in the world of mystical theology.
