Blogs in October 2020

Fortunata and Jacinta 8th October 2020

Galdos’s four-part Fortunata and Jacinta (1886-7), the masterpiece among his almost 80 novels, tells the turbulent story of two women, their husbands and their lovers, set against the intricate web of dynastic alliances and class contrasts of Madrid in...

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The Frozen Heart 30th September 2020

A sweeping epic saga about the Spanish Civil War – the Spanish DR ZHIVAGO. In the small town of Torrelodones on the outskirts of Madrid a funeral is taking place. Julio Carrin Gonzalez, a man of tremendous wealth and...

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The Wind from the East 30th September 2020

Internationally celebrated author Almudena Grandes has produced her finest work yet with The Wind from the East, a blend of two narratives set alternately in Madrid and an Andalusian town by the sea. Sara Gómes Morales,given up at birth...

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Eldorado Network 29th September 2020

1941. Hitler rampant. Spain neutral. Madrid, like Casablanca, the launching pad for spies from all sides. The most daring and audacious is codenamed ‘Eldorado’. Young, inexperienced, hotheaded, he had no right to survive, let alone succeed. Now his network...

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Madrid: The History 29th September 2020

At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. Perched some 2,200 feet above the distant sea, it is at once the loftiest and also the...

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