History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Part 3
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780766193789
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History: World; History; History - General History; Portugal; Spain; Europe - Spain & Portugal
First sentence: IT was in the beginning of the eighth century, in the year 711, that the Arabs, filled with the spirit of conquest which had been breathed into them by their warlike apostle, after traversing the southern shores of the Mediterranean, reached the borders of those straits that separate Africa from Europe.