Pallas Andalucia (Pallas Guide Series)

In this masterly book, now in a third, revised edition, Michael Jacobs looks with fresh eyes at all the traditional delights of Andalucia while doing full justice to the lesser-known aspects of the region. He explores Andalucia's local cuisine, varied natural scenery, the composers and writers who fueled the romantic myths of the region, and the legacy of Lorca and the Spanish Civil War. Included in the book are the region's Moorish past, prehistoric and classical heritage, and Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Nearly a hundred Andalucian villages and towns are described in the gazetteer, some of which - Seville, Granada, Cordoba and Cadiz - are as lovely and as haunting as any in the world.