This week we sit down with David Price, owner of Secret Kingdoms English bookstore in Madrid and one of the most knowledgeable people in the country about books in English on every aspect of life in Spain.
I recommend you follow David’s regular book updates over on Instagram - his passion and energy about books is wonderful.
Here are the list of recommendations from this podcast:
The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance, Simon Doubleday
Ghosts of Spain, Giles Tremlett
España: A Brief History of Spain, Giles Tremlett
Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country, Michael Reid
Violencia, Jason Webster
Rivers of Gold, Hugh Thomas
Elizabeth Drayson’s books on Granada
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, Laurie Lee
South from Granada, Gerald Brennan
The Spanish Labyrinth, Gerald Brennan
Leaving the Atocha Station, Ben Lerner
After the fall, Tobias Buck
The Barcelona Complex, Simon Kuper
Grape Olive Pig, Matt Goulding
Ser mujer negra en España, Desireé Bela-Lobedd
El malestar de las ciudades, Jorge Dioni Lopez
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