Spain: The best of Spanish interiors, gardens, architecture, landscapes

by Angus Mitchell, Angus Mitchell

Embracing the entire country, this book displays a wide spectrum of Spain's decorative heritage: architectural detail, contrasting views of interiors, cool, scented gardens and the latest ideas from Spain's leading designers.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Angus Mitchell was born in Africa and educated in England. From 1987 to 1992 he lived in Spain where he wrote extensively on Spanish culture, food and cinema and published the widely-acclaimed Spain: Interiors, Gardens, Architecture, Landscape. From 1992-98 he lived in Brazil where he worked as a film and television correspondent and helped to develop the award-winning historical drama, Carlota Joaquina: Princess of Brazil (1995). Since 1998, he has lived in Ireland. For over two decades, he has studied the life and legacy of Roger Casement and a group of associated radicals, pacifists, feminists, cosmopolitan nationalists, internationalists and other critics of empire. He sits on the editorial board of History Ireland and is a regular contributor to the on-line Dublin Review of

Reviews

[uosɯɐS · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since I loved and did very well in Spanish in high school, originally started college as an architecture major, have been an avid gardener for several years, and within about the last year have fallen in love with flamenco music... it initially looked like a great book when I picked it up from the library. Then I read a review on amazon.com that said this book focuses too much on a cliched version of Spain. So... now that I finished the book, I'd say it has some wonderful picture, and alot of interesting explanations of how Islam influenced Spanish culture - something I hadn't given much thought to before. Since I'm no expert on Spain I can't rate this book in relation to other books on Spain, but I liked it, and will probably eventually read more books on Spain.