‘Fascinating’

New Statesman

 

‘The ideal travel book … miraculous’

The Observer

 

‘A brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world’

The Times

 

‘Knowledge, discernment and a most vivid pen … compelling’

Times Literary Supplement

 

‘A book of great balance and beauty … most illuminating’

Rose Macaulay, Spectator

 

‘Britain’s greatest Hispanist travels through Franco’s bleak Spain. His account is unforgettable.’

Ian Gibson

 

‘Travel writing at its best … a descriptive writer of great gifts’

The Age (Melbourne)