The Disinherited
a wonderfully accomplished work which charts the remarkable Spanish cultural diaspora
Peter Preston reviewing Henry Kamen's "The Disinherited" goes on to add
For while the empire road ran outwards and onwards, constantly extending the influence (and often ruthless power) of Madrid throughout the Americas, so the supposed nation at the dark heart of it all struggled for identity and self-belief. The questions were implicit, but insistent. Who are we Spaniards? What binds us together? Is there a true Hispanic culture, or only a void that cruelty and consuming passions compete to fill?
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