john clare

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The Last Troubadour
          in Spain  Travelling the
          Back Roads of Spain

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The Last Troubadour is about when Spain was still a medieval country under the iron grip of the Franco regime.
Soldiers accompanied
the country buses to discourage bandits. The author joins in the fiestas, and serenades the señoritas on their balconies. He is taken in by peasants, fed and befriended, and eventually comes to live in a village where he is the only person besides the priest who can read and write, and so becomes the village ears and eyes on the outside world, before the television and a less repressive education system make him redundant.
Another Day in the
            Algarve  This is Portugal

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These books are about life lived a mile from the sea-shore in the Algarve at the beginning of this century, with all that foreign strangeness of local habits and customs woven around an Englishman's attempts to join in and settle down.
I chronicle the highs, the lows, the dreams, and the reality.
This is Portugal: After 20 years of living in Portugal I highlight the pitfalls, and give you an insight into how the country works. It's essential reading for those contemplating moving here.
It’s informative, fun in places, and frightening in others.