Description: This history of the world of the Basques is a cornucopia of interesting information on the people who have lived for centuries in several isolated provinces in the Pyrenees regions of France and Spain. It is also a survey of the role the...
Synopsis This history of the world of the Basques is a cornucopia of interesting information on the people who have lived for centuries in several isolated provinces in the Pyrenees regions of France and Spain. It is also a survey of the role they have played in European history. Kurlansky is also the author of the popular COD: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.
Details
Publication Date:
2001-02-01
Edition Description:
Reprint
Size
Length:
387 pages
Height:
7.8 in
Width:
5.3 in
Thickness:
0.5 in
Weight:
9.6 oz
Publisher's Note A history of the Basque people of Spain speculates on the origins of this enigmatic group of Europeans whose language and culture have long baffled anthropologists. Reprint.
Industry Reviews "Kurlansky...is clearly enamored of his subject. He writes with clarity and insight, even if his prose occasionally lacks flair....[He] convinces you that the Basques, had they never existed, would have had to be invented." Washington Post Book World - Michael Upchurch (01/30/2000)