Helen Rodgers is an Arabist, whose fascination for the history of
the Arab world has led to over two decades of historical research
across the Mediterranean region.
Stephen Cavendish is a writer, editor and historian with a passion
for the medieval and modern history of Europe and the Middle East.
"Rodgers and Cavendish have read deeply, communicate their
enthusiasm for the city very well and provide illuminating pictures
of its most notable inhabitants."-- Literary Review
"I very much enjoyed this history, which strikes an excellent
balance between erudition and engaging writing. Takes the reader on
a journey."-- Duncan Wheeler, Chair of Spanish Studies, University
of Leeds
"A delightful, highly effective, compelling and original book."-
Germ�n De Patricio, Associate Professor of Spanish, Towson
University
"In City of Illusions, Rodgers and Cavendish trace the history of
Granada from its age of glory under Islam through its Bourbon
decadence and near destruction under the French to its modern
revival as an exotic if troubled epitome of Romance -- a lively
telling, faithful to its history and evocative in its prose."--
Brian Catlos, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of
Colorado, Boulder, author of Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of
Islamic Spain
"A superb history of one of Europe's most fascinating cities. From
the sublime beauty of the Alhambra to the horrors of the Spanish
Civil War, City of Illusions is a gripping story, deftly told."--
David Mathieson, author of Frontline Madrid: Battlefield Tours of
the Spanish Civil War
"Well written and engaging, City of Illusions will be of interest
to those seeking a broad introduction to Granada and its many
pasts." -- A. Katie Harris, University of California, Davis,
Journal of Modern History
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