{"product_id":"9781857542110","title":"Portugal: A Companion History","description":"\u003cp\u003eProfessor Saraiva's multi-volume History of Portugal is a celebrated\u003cbr\u003escholarly standard work. Yet, when he published a one-volume Historia\u003cbr\u003eConcisa, it proved a run-away best seller in Portugal, and the television\u003cbr\u003eseries that went with it became a chart-topper. His latest book, produced\u003cbr\u003eespecially for Carcanet's Aspects of Portugal series, is a history of his\u003cbr\u003ecountry, brief, acute and illuminating, written with scholarly insight and\u003cbr\u003ewith non-specialist foreign readers specifically in mind.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003eTo this main text Ian Robertson, author of the well-known Blue\u003cbr\u003eGuide to Portugal, has added a historical gazeteer, brief biographies,\u003cbr\u003echronological tables, maps and other elements which make this an essential\u003cbr\u003eCompanion, the sort of book that a reader in need of accurate, brief and\u003cbr\u003elucid reference will find useful, and every visitor to Portugal will find\u003cbr\u003erewarding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is generously illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054074511600,"sku":"9781857542110","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781857542110_p0.jpg?v=1763599279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781857542110","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}