Iberia, in the fresh, vivid prose that is James Michener's trademark, is the real Spain as James Michener experiences it. He reveals the celebrated Spain of bullfights and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards. James Michener also shares the intimate, often hidden Spain he has come to know, where the congeniality of living souls and the dark weight of history conspire to create a wild, contradictory, passionately beautiful land, the mystery called Iberia. While written with the style of a novel, Iberia is the best of travel non-fiction--you, the reader, are truly there.