Madrid Classics Devil’s Water

Devil’s Water

A captivating history of a seemingly impossible journey and one of the most challenging endurance trials in the history of motoring

this richly evocative biography finds that Cardus' mother was a prostitute

lost all sense of his moral compass

Madrid Classics Devil’s WaterFor centuries Madrid was an insignificant settlement on the central Iberian plateau. Under its Muslim rulers the town was fortified and enlarged, but even after the Reconquista it remained secondary to nearby Toledo. But Madrid's fortunes dramatically shifted in the sixteenth century, becoming the centre of a vast global empire. Luke Stegemann tells the surprising story of Madrid's flourishing, and its outsize influence across the world. From