Publisher's Synopsis
After listing, it has been ranked among the non-literary books of ABC News, one of the three major Spanish daily newspapers, for 36 weeks! It has sold more than 160,000 copies so far. It is the forerunner of the great nautical era and the conqueror who destroyed the civilization and empire of South America. It is the origin of bullfighting and flamenco dance, with painters Goya, Picasso, architect Gaudí and novelist Cervantes, as well as the Catholic Sagrada Familia and the Islamic-style Alhambra. It was once brilliant and splendid, and it also survived the baptism of civil war and dictatorship.