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    A love letter to Granada

    Aug 05, 2021 2 minutes

    Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada

    by Elizabeth Drayson

    Apollo, 480 pages, £35

    Every place has a history, but only some inhabit our collective imagination in extraordinary ways.

    Lost Paradise explains how Granada looms large in shared historical memories and examines what this Iberian city’s history can reveal about our relationship with the past.

    Elizabeth Drayson, emeritus fellow

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