Instead of a history of Spain, the book begins at great TEDIOUS length with a completely unsolicited autobiography of the author, which I defy anyone outside of the author’s immediate family to read without skipping large sections. Seriously, who cares?
It gets no better when the alleged “history” begins. Instead of a history we are provided with an argument about the author’s opinion of Spanish history and almost NO HISTORIC details. I mean ZERO details or context.
I guess we’re expected to already have an infinite knowledge of the history.
This is stunning because his introduction seems to criticize polemics in Spanish history and yet that’s all his book is.
For anybody who is really looking for a history of Spain, this book is useless. It’s false advertising.
Nor am I remotely convinced of his argument.