Christopher Howse

A Pilgrim in Spain

Sprachen: Englisch. 21,6 cm / 13,5 cm / 1,2 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 224 Seiten
EAN 9781472958686
Veröffentlicht März 2018
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury Publishing plc

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE Christopher Howse has spent more than two decades exploring Spain. For him, its centuries-old cathedrals, monasteries and shrines demand pilgrimage more than tourism. In a journey across the Castilian interior he follows in the footsteps of El Cid and St Dominic, examines St Teresa's arm, samples the legacy of the Cardinal who invaded Africa, finds the spot where St John of the Cross escaped from prison, and discovers in a mountain shrine the world's largest remnant of the True Cross. He comes across a slaughterhouse dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and a cock and hen living in a cathedral. He hears of uncivil war in Europe's most civilised square and enjoys the smells, heat, food, noise, prayers, tears, flies, smoke, violence and laughter of an ancient culture in its last years. With an eye for the humorous and strange, he spends time in Soria and Silos, Yuste and Segovia, before turning from the pilgrim destination of Santiago de Compostela to the valleys of Extremadura, where the Virgin of Guadalupe took the Spanish to an unknown world.

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Christopher Howse is an assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph and a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Tablet. Among his bestselling books for Continuum are Prayers for This Life (2005) and The Assurance of Hope (2006). He is the author of How We Saw It: 150 years of The Daily Telegraph (2004).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Matadero: Slaughterhouse 2. Museo: Museum 3. Rejas: Iron Bars 4. Moscas: Flies 5. Doncel: Squire 6. Sueno: Dream 7. Castillo: Castle 8. Granito: Granite 9. Zaguán: Threshold 10. Morcilla: Blood Sausage 11. Plaza: Square 12. Camino: Way 13. Envoi - Ilusión: Looking Forward Further Reading Index

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