| The Portugal Story: Three Centuries of Exploration and Discovery Contributor(s): Dos Passos, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385513631 ISBN-13: 9780385513630 Publisher: Doubleday Books OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: 946.902 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6" W x 9" (1.37 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This selective history of Portugal reflects the author's fascination with his own Portuguese/Madeiran heritage. The work tracks the nation's rise and fall as a world power, drawing from the author's travels and archival research. "Dos Passos," writes historian J. H. Plumb, "brings to his material a novelist's acute eye for human character and a narrative skill that any historian might envy; and he has produced one of the most readable books on the subject that I know." |