We have put together a selection of books
that we feel would provide the perfect
accompaniment to your voyage.
Available from all good book stores.
Reading Guide
“A TASTE OF SPAIN, MADEIRA & MOROCCO”
Malaga to Malaga
NON FICTION
Brigitte Hintzen-Bohlen
Andalusia: Art and Architecture
ISBN: 9783848003266, Paperback
Seville, Cordoba, Cadiz or Malaga –
Andalusia, at the crossroads of Europe and
Africa, has figured prominently in the history
of Europe and the Mediterranean. Many
cultural phenomena that are seen
internationally as distinctively Spanish
are largely Andalusian in origin. This
guide shows you all hidden artistic and
architectural gems of Andalusia.
John Gill
Andalucía: A Cultural History
ISBN: 9781904955443, Paperback
A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New
World, Andalucía has been a cultural customs
house on the border of the Mediterranean
and Atlantic civilisations for more than ten
thousand years. This book covers the whole
history of the region.
history few others can equal. A thoroughly
revised new edition of this classic history
of Madeira - arguably the world's longestlived wine – by the leading authority on
the subject.
disciplines of government, a city of refuge
and excitements where sex is cheap, drugs are
plentiful and where the outcasts of the world
can breathe easily.
Barnaby Rogerson
Peter Stone
North Africa
The Canary Islands
ISBN: 9780715643068, Paperback
ISBN: 9781908493996, Paperback
A guide to the history and culture of the
region from its earliest beginnings to its
politics and life at the turn of the century.
Explores the fascinating history and culture
of this archipelago, where nature and geology
provide a spectacular setting
Mohamed Choukri
Eamonn Gearon
In Tangier
The Sahara: A Cultural History
ISBN: 9781846590610, Paperback
ISBN: 9781904955825, Paperback
A haven for many Western writers in the
twentieth century, Tangier drew the likes
of Paul Bowles, Jean Genet and Tennessee
Williams. Each was befriended by
Mohamed Choukri. This book offers
insights into these three cult figures of
twentieth-century literature.
The largest desert in the world, the Sahara
ranges from the River Nile running through
Egypt and Sudan in the east, to the Atlantic
coast from Morocco to Mauritania in the west;
stretching from the Atlas Mountains and the
shores of the Mediterranean in the north, to
the fluid Sahelian fringe that delineates the
desert in the south. Invaders and traders have
come and gone for millennia, but the Sahara
is also the place that some people call home.
Gerald Brenan
South from Granada
Susan Gilson Miller
ISBN: 9780141189321, Paperback
A History of Modern Morocco
Between 1920 and 1934, the author lived
in the remote Spanish village of Yegen. This
book depicts his time there, evoking the
essence of his rural surroundings and the
Spanish way of life before the Civil War.
It portrays the landscapes, festivals and
folklore of the Sierra Nevada, the rivalries,
village customs, superstitions and characters.
ISBN: 9780521008990, Paperback
Alex Liddell
Iain Finlayson
Madeira
Tangier: City of the Dream
ISBN: 9781849043342, Paperback
ISBN: 9781780769264, Paperback
Who does not know the phrase 'Have some
madeira, m'dear'? Madeira is one of the
world's greatest wines, with a fascinating
No city in the world has quite the exotic allure
of Tangier. From the 17th century, it has been
a place on the edge, beyond the normal
Morocco is notable for its stable and durable
monarchy, its close ties with the West, its
vibrant cultural life and its centrality to
regional politics. This concise, readable
book will inform and enthral students and
all those searching for the background to
present-day events in the region.
Simon Barton
A History of Spain
ISBN: 9780230200128, Paperback
This expanded new edition has been revised
throughout in order to amplify key points. The
last chapter brings the story up to date and
includes discussion of recent events such as
the 2004 Madrid bombings and 2008 election.
The second edition also features additional
maps and figures.
Joyce E Salisbury*
Rome’s Christian Empress
ISBN: 9781421417004, Hardback
In Rome's Christian Empress, Joyce E.
Salisbury brings the captivating story of
Rome's Christian empress to life. The
daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I,
Galla Placidia lived at the center of imperial
Roman power during the first half of the
fifth century.
* Joyce E Salisbury will lecture on board during this cruise.
FICTION
MAPS / GUIDES / REFERENCE
David Boyd Haycock
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Freytag & Berndt
I am Spain
The Siege
Mediterranean Cruises Map
ISBN: 9781908699312, Paperback
ISBN: 9780753829288, Paperback
ISBN: 9783707912906
The Spainsh civil war through the eyes
of the Britons and Americans who saw
it happen.
Cadiz, 1811. While the city is under siege
from the marauding French army, an even
greater menace is lurking within the city
walls: a serial killer is on the loose, flaying
young women to death. Each of these
murders takes place near where a French
bomb has just fallen. In order to find the
murderer, police commissioner Rogelio
Tizon begins to perceive the city as a
vast chessboard as he tries to predict his
unknown opponent's next deadly move.
Ideal cruising map with which to chart
your journey.
Graham Park
Introducing Geology
ISBN: 9781906716219, Paperback
This introductory book explains in simple
terms what geology can tell us about the
world.
Ann Bridge
The Malady in Madeira
ISBN: 9781448204335, Paperback
The last thing recently widowed Julia Probyn
expects to find on the lush and charming
island of Madeira is a clue to her husband's
mysterious death, for Colonel Jamieson
perished somewhere in the wilds of Central
Asia while on a top-secret mission for
British Intelligence. Here is high adventure
interwoven with all the sights, sounds and
scenes of fecund Madeira.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
The Blinding Absence of Light
ISBN: 9780141022826, Paperback
In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based
on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the
experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part
in a failed coup attempt to oust King Hassan
II of Morocco. With sixty others Salim was
incarcerated in a secret prison complex in
the Moroccan desert: he was to remain there
for nearly twenty years. In starkly eloquent,
beautiful prose, Ben Jelloun relates the
prisoners' experiences as they struggle to
survive.
Esther Freud
Hideous Kinky
ISBN: 9780140174120, Paperback £8.99
Two little girls are taken by their mother
to Morocco on a 1960s pilgrimage of selfdiscovery. For Mum, it is not just an escape
from the grinding conventions of English
life but a quest for personal fulfilment;
her children, however, seek something
more solid and stable amidst the shifting
desert sands.
Marco Polo
Andalucia: Handbook with Map
ISBN: 9783829768252, Paperback
Marco Polo
Madeira: Handbook with Map
ISBN: 9783829706698, Paperback
Marco Polo
Gran Canaria: Handbook with Map
ISBN: 9783829768207, Paperback
Footprint
Morocco
ISBN: 9781907263729, Paperback
Marco Polo
Morocco with Map
ISBN: 9783829706988, Paperback