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SIERRAS OF THE SOUTH: TRAVELS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ANDALUSIA
The dramatic sierras around Ronda is a region which has in recent years become popular with people recoiling from the over development of the Costa del Sol but which still, if you know where to look, retains the basic elements of that elusive Arcadia so many of us seek. There are, of course, threats from dams, urbanizations, highways and the like, but the hard core of the region does not lend itself to violent change. The people are stubornly attached to their pueblos and festivities. The mountains cannot be pulled down or the sunsets plucked out of the sky. Somewhere in the sierras, there will always be a refuge.
387 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
Alastair Boyd
12 books1 followerAlastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (11 May 1927 – 19 March 2009) was a British writer, Hispanophile, and Chief of the Clan Boyd.
Boyd was born into an aristocratic British family, and served as a pageboy at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Bradfield College and King's College, Cambridge and was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1946. He served with them until 1948, including a spell in Palestine.
His publications include Sabbatical Year (1958); The Road from Ronda (1969); The Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain (1974); The Essence of Catalonia (1988); The Sierras of the South (1992); The Social Market and the State (1999); and Rosemary: A Memoir (2005).
Boyd was born into an aristocratic British family, and served as a pageboy at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Bradfield College and King's College, Cambridge and was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1946. He served with them until 1948, including a spell in Palestine.
His publications include Sabbatical Year (1958); The Road from Ronda (1969); The Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain (1974); The Essence of Catalonia (1988); The Sierras of the South (1992); The Social Market and the State (1999); and Rosemary: A Memoir (2005).
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July 29, 2020
An extremely well researched book, based on the author's multiple trips around Andalusia (including one in the 60's on horseback!). I especially liked the high style and language, and of course the really close-to-life picture of Ronda & the region around. It was maybe a tiny bit slow to read at times, but all in all a great source of knowledge on Andalusia and its people, culture, habits, traditions, architecture and politics.
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