History of Portugal Books

Last updated: January 2, 2012

1. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.) by Laurence Bergreen Published: November 2, 2004 Score: 3.98
2. The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie Published: May 29, 2007 Score: 3.77
3. The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky Published: July 5, 2010 Score: 2.87
4. Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell Published: October 22, 1980 Score: 1.41
5. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor Published: June 1, 2006 Score: 1.38
6. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal Published: November 29, 2009 Score: 1.14
7. The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by Miguel Leon-Portilla, Lysander Kemp and J. Jorge Klor de Alva Published: November 15, 2006 Score: 0.75
8. Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-45 by Neill Lochery Published: November 1, 2011 Score: 0.58
9. Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy Published: June 24, 2008 Score: 0.53
10. Holy War: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations by Nigel Cliff Published: September 13, 2011 Score: 0.45
11. Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart Published: November 1, 2000 Score: 0.44
12. Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors by James Reston Jr Published: October 10, 2006 Score: 0.39
13. The New Spaniards, 2nd Edition by John Hooper Published: December 8, 2006 Score: 0.36
14. 1822 (Portuguese Edition) by Laurentino Gomes Published: September 7, 2010 Score: 0.3
15. Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past by Giles Tremlett Published: March 4, 2008 Score: 0.28
16. Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President by Stephen F. Hayes and Alan Sklar Published: September 10, 2007 Score: 0.26
17. Imperial Spain: 1469-1716 by John Huxtable Elliott Published: September 24, 2002 Score: 0.24
18. Barcelona: The Great Enchantress (Directions) by Robert Hughes Published: June 15, 2011 Score: 0.2
19. The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination by Javier Cercas and Anne McLean Published: February 15, 2011 Score: 0.19
20. Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific by Eric M. Bergerud Published: July 1, 1996 Score: 0.19
21. Moorish Spain by R. A. Fletcher Published: May 5, 2006 Score: 0.18
22. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest by Matthew Restall Published: October 28, 2004 Score: 0.16
23. The Golden Empire: Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America by Hugh Thomas Published: August 23, 2011 Score: 0.16
24. A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain by Chris Lowney Published: September 14, 2006 Score: 0.16
25. Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America by Paul Schneider Published: May 2, 2006 Score: 0.15