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(TRAVPR.COM) PORTUGAL - February 25th, 2012 - A very unusual new book
about the Algarve has just been published. It is certainly not your
average tourist guide. It gives a deeper understanding and fascinating
insight into the region by focusing on the remarkable array of foreign
cultures and outstanding individual personalities who have visited or
inhabited the south of Portugal over the years. It takes in the whole
period from ancient times to the present day.
The book is called People in a Place Apart. It is by Irish journalist
and author Len Port who lives in the Algarve. This new non-fiction title
is available exclusively from Amazon as an eBook.
People in a Place Apart contains intimate portrayals of royalty,
political heads of state, explorers, outstanding warriors on the high
seas and in the air, celebrated writers and stars of sports and
entertainment. The famous characters included are as diverse as Henry
the Navigator and Henry Cooper, Vasco da Gama, George Galloway and Paul
McCartney.
The early chapters deal with people during momentous periods in the
Algarve’s history, from the first Phoenician explorers and the Moorish
occupation to nationhood and the Age of Discovery. The later chapters
consider the movers and shakers from the Swinging Sixties to our
economically troubled times right now
While much of People in a Place Apart is about the famous and
influential, parts of it dwell on villains and victims, as well as
infamous mysteries, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann included.
A print edition of the book may become available later in the year, but
for now it is only available as an eBook that can be read on Kindle
devices and Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, Mac,
Blackberry, and Android-based devices.
If you haven’t got a Kindle, you can get a free peek into the book on
your computer. Just type the title - People in a Place Apart – into the
search box of an amazon website.
When you see the front cover of the book, click on to it. Then you’ll
see an invitation to ‘Look Inside’. Click on that. There it is!
The three main websites - depending on whether you want to see the book
priced in euros, pounds or dollars: amazon.com/ portugal; amazon.co.uk;
amazon.com. |
