Castilla y Leon is for many people the image of Spain. From elegant cathedrals & Gothic castles to small-town charm & heart-warming traditional food Castilla y Leon is both stunning & welcoming. Footprint Focus provides invaluable information on transport accommodation eating & entertainment to ensure that your trip

Includes:: the best of this richly architectural region of Spain. * Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & around Castilla y Leon. * Comprehensive up-to-date listings of where to eat sleep & play. *

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities from exploring castles to joining in a fiesta. * Detailed maps for Castilla y Leon. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights plus many lesser-known attractions Footprint Focus Castilla y Leon provides concise & comprehensive coverage of one of Spain's most richly architectural regions. The content of the Footprintfocus Castilla y Leon guide has been extracted from Footprint's Northern Spain Handbook.



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The aftermath of war & the slow dawning of a new era of freedom & opportunity shape the destinies of the Cazalets in the final volume of this magnificent family saga. Polly Clary & Louise now grown up are ready to discover the truth about the adult world. While Rupert Hugh & Edward must make the choices that will decide their own -- & the family's -- future. For the Cazalets & all those close to them one end is another beginning.. . Casting off is the fourth & final volume of The Cazalet Chronicle. Read from the beginning of the series: The Light Years Marking Time & Confusion. ...

Flynn is making every effort to stay in control of his hot temper while River feels more content than she's ever been. Together the two of them make big plans for the future but powerful secrets lurk in the shadows ready to threaten their happiness. ...

Kafkas final novel was written during 1922 when the tuberculosis that was to kill him was already at an advanced stage. Fragmentary & unfinished it perhaps never could have been finished; perhaps the tensions between K. the Castle & the village K.s struggle for acceptance or recognition by the mysterious Castle authorities or by the people of the village never will & never can be resolved. Like much of Kafkas work The Castle is enigmatic & polyvalent. Is it an allegory of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire as it disintegrates into modern nation states or a quasi-feudal system giving way to a new freedom for the subject? Is it the search by a central European Jew for acceptance & integration into a dominant culture? Is it a spiritual quest for grace or salvation or an individuals struggle between his sense of independence & his need for approval? Is K. is an opportunist a victim or an outsider battling against an elusive authority? Is the Castle a benign source of authority or a whimsical system of control? Like K. the reader is presented with conflicting perspectives that rehearse the existential dilemmas & uncertainties of literary modernity. ...

Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century & ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples. At times this is an epic tale driven by characters like William the Conqueror King John & Edward I full of sieges & conquest on an awesome scale. But it is also by turns an intimate story of less eminent individuals whose adventures struggles & ambitions were reflected in the fortified residences they constructed. Be it ever so grand or ever so humble a castle was first & foremost a home. To understand castles
- who built them who lived in them & why
- is to understand the forces that shaped medieval Britain.

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Why is everyone so afraid of the castle on the hill & what dark secrets lurk inside its walls? When flashing lights are seen in a distant tower Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann & Jack decide to investigate -- & discover a very sinister plot concealed within its hidden rooms & gloomy underground passages. ...

A group of travellers chance to meet first in a castle then a tavern. Their powers of speech are magically taken from them & instead they have only tarot cards with which to tell their stories. What follows is an exquisite interlinking of narratives & a fantastic surreal & chaotic history of all human consciousness. ...

On the day of his wedding Conrad heir to the house of Otranto is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end & determines to marry his sons bride himself despite the fact he is already married. But a series of terrifying supernatural omens soon threaten this unlawful union as the curse placed on Manfreds ancestor who usurped the lawful Prince of Otranto begins to unfold. First published pseudonymously in 1764 purporting to be an ancient Italian text from the time of the crusades The Castle of Otranto is a founding work of Gothic fiction. With its compelling blend of sinister portents tempestuous passions & ghostly visitations it spawned an entire literary tradition & influenced such writers as Ann Radcliffe & Bram Stoker. ...

No clue about why the Queen vanished had ever been found. Until now..." The day Charlie discovers a scrap of paper that could solve the dark mystery of her mothers disappearance her world changes. Forever. Charlie & her friend Toby must race against time on a dangerous mission to uncover the sinister truth. But in this shadowy world of secrets & lies there is more to fear than they can possibly imagine..." ...

BOOK 4 OF THE BELGARIAD the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by master storyteller David Eddings. Discover the epic story that inspired thousands
- from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle series to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Fate gives no choice... Slay or be slain... The Orb is regained the quest near its end. Garion & his companions have only to reach Riva & return the Orb to allow peace to reign once more. But fate still has a card to play for Garion. & it is his life that must be gambled...
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