Something to Read

[scruffy1]

I always take a book to read while on the Camino "Galicia: A Concise History" by Sharif Gemie was one "The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century" by Lucien Febvre was another. Both highly recommended but both requring concentration and focus, now looking for something lighter since this will be a Camino of shorter duration. I am considering "A Pilgrim in Spain" by Cristopher Howse afraid to give it a good look since I would probably finish it before I leave. Has anyone read the book? Does anyone have a different option? Would welcome any contribution.

 

[SYates]

I loved https://www.amazon.com/dp/0140298517/?tag=casaivar02-20 and learned lots from it ;-) Buen Camino, SY

 

[scruffy1]

I loved https://www.amazon.com/dp/0140298517/?tag=casaivar02-20 and learned lots from it ;-) Buen Camino, SY

Nice! Will order it on my return! Thanks

 

[Doogman]

Another good book to consider at some point - South From Granada: Seven Years In An Andalusian Village by Gerald Brennan. It details life in a the small villages in Andalusia in the 1920s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_from_Granada

 

[Sixwheeler]

It's a wonderful book. I read it in hospital and found it unputdownable. I also follow Christopher Howse on Twitter where he is @BeardyHowse and us interesting and amusing in equal measure.

 

[scruffy1]

Another good book to consider at some point - South From Granada: Seven Years In An Andalusian Village by Gerald Brennan. It details life in a the small villages in Andalusia in the 1920s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_from_Granada

Been in my library for over twenty years, read all or parts probably 20 times as well-thanks

 

[MichaelB10398]

One book you might consider is "Pilgrimage: An Image of Mediaeval Religion", by Jonathan Sumption. It is a excellent scholarly work on the history of pilgrimage from the beginning of Christianity until the end of the fifteenth century. It is an older work published in 1975, but it is a wonderful introduction to the topic. The link I provided shows some of his other works on this same topic carried by Amazon.

 

[HeidiL]

SYates, my husband and I also enjoyed the Basque History.