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[quote=Anonymous]Okay I just did this for Spain!

I agree with shadow of the wiind.  I then tried the prequel or sequel and it was way too long and rambling — could not finish.

My teen is reading the Queens Vow.  Seems like trashy YA historical fiction.

I started another called something like the Thief and the Nigjtengale — historical fiction.  Terrible, could not finish.

The Last Jew about the 1492 Jewish expulsion and it was a light read page turner, well written for that kind of historical fiction, and good character development.

The Sun Also Rises but beware that anti semitism is basically a major character in the book.  I was shocked because I hadn’t realized there was so much casual unquestioned anti-Semitism in it—but at the end of the day I found it kind of interesting how anti semitisim is sort of an unquestioned driver for a lot of the drama in the book.

For Whom the Bell Tolls might be better — about the Spanish civil war—haven’t read it in decades though.

I’m currently reading The Carpenter’s Pencil which is good but definitely “literature”—a little confusing.  It’s about political prisoners during the early Franco regime.  It keeps changing time and voice without warning.

I’ve got The Ghosts of Spain recommended above in my bag to read when im done with the carpenter’s pencil.

Another really popular one is Cathedral of the Sea about medieval Barcelona and the construction of a big cathedral.  I didn’t read it but watched the Netflix series which was super depressing.  Basically, plague, war, rape, famine, political somethings in which poor people don’t do well, rape, and then back to plague and start it all over again.  Probably very realistic for medieval life.  [/quote]

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