Shabbat Reading: Rose Macaulay's They Went to Portugal

#whatireadovershabbat Rose Macaulay's They Went to Portugal (Penguin, 1946)

They found paradise there, and a stimulus for endless complaints. Such have been the poles of experience among British travelers in Portugal, some smitten with the views from Sintra, others aghast at all the Roman Catholics. Macaulay, a master travel writer in her own right, is our witty guide to eight centuries of Anglo-Portuguese exchange, puncturing the pretensions of Brits abroad, but never without a touch of sympathy.