From heroic legends to royal intrigue, these five books take you deep into Spain’s most fascinating period. Perfect for history buffs, students, and curious readers alike.

Spain: A History. Oxford University Press, USA, $45 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-19-820619-4. Potent yet palatable, this history of Spain is remarkably seamless--especially considering that it traces the ...

The history of how the olive tree made it there and how it's in Andalucia, which is the south, which was, I don't know, a lot of people don't even know this, but Spain was ruled by the Moors for ...