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Spain guide free chapter
Read more of the Spain Travel brief - in this free chapter you will
find:
- how Christopher Columbus almost fell out with Queen Isabella
and might never have travelled to America
- how Spain got its name
- why early Iberian women measured each others' waists
- what the 'Pillars of Hercules' really are
- where to find amazing early cave paintings
- where you can see magnificent gold jewellery from very early
Spanish cities
All this and much more, including a table of contents for the rest
of the book.
France guide free chapter
 Read
more of the France Travel brief - in this free chapter you will find:
- how cruel Cardinal Richelieu indulged his 14 cats
- the astonishing extravagance and intrigues of the French court
under the last French kings
- how Louis XIV kept the nobility so busy with social events and
dancing that they had no time for rebellion
- the strange courting rituals of Louis XV and his many mistresses
- the seeds of the French revolution - how a general assembly
backfired on the King
- how Marie Antoinette dressed up as a milkmaid at exclusive rustic-theme
parties
All this and much more...
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