I love a good historical wanderlust story of adventure and culture, and this one is placed in a very interesting time. It shows a bit of Spain before the war, and gives a bit of understanding on the grounds that where able to cause a civil war.

Laurie describes the landscape and people splendidly, but doesn't go too much into his own emotions and "character development", which deprives the book of the dept that it could also have had. Because of this, 4 stars.