{"product_id":"portugal-a-companion-history-9781857542110","title":"Portugal: A Companion History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eProfessor Saraiva's multi-volume History of Portugal is a celebrated scholarly standard work, but his one-volume Historia Concisa was a run-away best seller in Portugal and the television series that went with it became a chart-topper. His latest book, produced for Carcanet's Aspects of Portugal series, is a history of his country, brief, acute, and illuminating, written with scholarly insight and with non-specialist foreign readers specifically in mind. Ian Robertson's historical gazetteer, brief biographies, chronological tables, maps, and other elements make this an essential Companion for accurate, brief, and lucid reference, and every visitor to Portugal will find it rewarding. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 180 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 May 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Carcanet Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Saraiva's multi-volume History of Portugal is a celebrated scholarly standard work, but his one-volume Historia Concisa became a run-away best seller in Portugal and the television series that went with it became a chart-topper. His latest book, produced especially for Carcanet's Aspects of Portugal series, is a history of his country, brief, acute, and illuminating, written with scholarly insight and with non-specialist foreign readers specifically in mind. To this main text, Ian Robertson, author of the well-known Blue Guide to Portugal, has added a historical gazetteer, brief biographies, chronological tables, maps, and other elements that make this an essential Companion, the sort of book that a reader in need of accurate, brief, and lucid reference will find useful, and every visitor to Portugal will find rewarding. The book is generously illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 308g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 197 x 130 x 19 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781857542110\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: Expanded ed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jose Hermano Saraiva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46766670807290,"sku":"9781857542110","price":14.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1729245658836_book.jpg?v=1729362770","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/portugal-a-companion-history-9781857542110","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}