The book tells the story of an investigator whose  views change dramatically as his knowledge of Spain quite dramatically grows in the course of a few years.  He comes under the influence of the Catholic Church, very directly, as an experience that repeats itself in certain holy Spanish places.  This is a personal reaction.  But it is a religious reaction.  He accepts it as such.  He comes to a better sense of the Royalist tradition in both politics and living,  he feels the strength of it in Spain,  and its usefulness in the day-to-day of the country.   Above all, he comes to realize the beautiful way the Spanish miracle is conducting itself.  The Republican Cause is everywhere triumphant.  There's a new Democracy out there.   As peacetime flowers, Spain is flowering. in a democracy of an  ideal type.  There is a benevolent king.  The old country has decreed some  novelty in old vessels and fabrics still stained with the blood of savage conflict,  and ventured into the domain of the New, as well.

The investigator plunges into all this strangeness, and is charmed  by what he finds.

In this book, the study of poets is in collaboration with the doings of a Participant Observer as in Cultural Anthropology.

At all  times a true report is attempted, and editing has been drastically limited, mostly to correcting obvious solecisms or mis-steps.

The principal bias will be noticeable to any reader, it  is a love of Spain and of the Spanish language and of some Spanish people.

The book tells a story--but the author of the book is not the author of the story.  That comes from the way things are, in Soria and Baeza, in Seu de Orgell and Madrid,  in the mountains  and  on the plains, and in the language left behind by the genius of  this wonderful people

The Spanish Inquisition was introduced to Spain in 1480 in Seville. Thus began more than 300 years of imprisonment, torture and death by burning for a number of Spaniards. The plight of the descendants of the victims of the Holy Tribunal is described as they fled from Spain.

Adjoining Spain, Portugal received some of the fleeing refugees. This tiny nation had grown to be a famous nation of exploration. Vasco Da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator were two famous men from Portugal who contributed to those seeking their fortune in the new lands of the world.

The Spanish Inquisition was introduced to Spain in 1480 in Seville. Thus began more than 300 years of imprisonment, torture and death by burning for a number of Spaniards. The plight of the descendants of the victims of the Holy Tribunal is described as they fled from Spain.

Adjoining Spain, Portugal received some of the fleeing refugees. This tiny nation had grown to be a famous nation of exploration. Vasco Da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator were two famous men from Portugal who contributed to those seeking their fortune in the new lands of the world.

There is a legend that some Jews, after the Babylonian conquest of Israel, were taken as slaves to Spain. Ultimately, they allegedly founded Toledoth - the City of Generations - now Toledo. On the expulsion of Jews from Spain, ghostly testimonials remained, testifying to the long time Jewish presence.

One monument is the synagogue (whose eastern wall appears on the cover) built by Samuel Levi Abulafia, Castile’s treasurer. With his fall from grace, the community atrophied. But while history marches on, private lives continue - and this is the tale of why Saúl Abandana had two wives and how the three survived the events of their times.

There is a legend that some Jews, after the Babylonian conquest of Israel, were taken as slaves to Spain. Ultimately, they allegedly founded Toledoth - the City of Generations - now Toledo. On the expulsion of Jews from Spain, ghostly testimonials remained, testifying to the long time Jewish presence.

One monument is the synagogue (whose eastern wall appears on the cover) built by Samuel Levi Abulafia, Castile’s treasurer. With his fall from grace, the community atrophied. But while history marches on, private lives continue - and this is the tale of why Saúl Abandana had two wives and how the three survived the events of their times.

The book tells the story of an investigator whose  views change dramatically as his knowledge of Spain quite dramatically grows in the course of a few years.  He comes under the influence of the Catholic Church, very directly, as an experience that repeats itself in certain holy Spanish places.  This is a personal reaction.  But it is a religious reaction.  He accepts it as such.  He comes to a better sense of the Royalist tradition in both politics and living,  he feels the strength of it in Spain,  and its usefulness in the day-to-day of the country.   Above all, he comes to realize the beautiful way the Spanish miracle is conducting itself.  The Republican Cause is everywhere triumphant.  There's a new Democracy out there.   As peacetime flowers, Spain is flowering. in a democracy of an  ideal type.  There is a benevolent king.  The old country has decreed some  novelty in old vessels and fabrics still stained with the blood of savage conflict,  and ventured into the domain of the New, as well.

The investigator plunges into all this strangeness, and is charmed  by what he finds.

In this book, the study of poets is in collaboration with the doings of a Participant Observer as in Cultural Anthropology.

At all  times a true report is attempted, and editing has been drastically limited, mostly to correcting obvious solecisms or mis-steps.

The principal bias will be noticeable to any reader, it  is a love of Spain and of the Spanish language and of some Spanish people.

The book tells a story--but the author of the book is not the author of the story.  That comes from the way things are, in Soria and Baeza, in Seu de Orgell and Madrid,  in the mountains  and  on the plains, and in the language left behind by the genius of  this wonderful people