Legends

Start with "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago - The Complete Cultural Handbook" by David Gitlitz and Linda Davidson. A village to village, hamlet to town stroll along the Camino Francés outlining history, art, architecture, stories and legends. It's a hefty book but I did carry it twice all the way toSantiago. Should you have nothing against technology, there is a Kindle option from Amazon. Another more general book is "The Miracles of Saint James" edited by Coffey, Davidson, and Dunn. Another "classical" collection is of course "The Pilgrims Guide to Santiago" by William Melczer. Good reading and Buen Camino.

PS The Melcer book is always in and out of print, find it used here:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=melczer&sts=t&tn=The+Pilgrims+guide

Scruffy has covered my field - I have the print version of the Gitlitz and Davidson book, but thought it too heavy to carry. It really came into its own when I downloaded the Kindle version and on the Francés I refer to it constantly, as I walk.