Description
"Long thought of as an impassable wilderness or cultural divide, the Pyrenees have been inhabited and shaped by human hands for centuries. Colin Duncan Taylor leads us through this storied terrain, from the cave art of their first prehistoric inhabitants to today's spa towns and ski resorts. Outlining the mountains' outsize role in European history-as a place to live or hide, attack of defend, exploit or enjoy-Taylor shows how the Pyrenees have been repeatedly made and remade"--
