{"product_id":"a-castle-in-spain-9780241961780","title":"A Castle in Spain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Cambridge Matthew Parris worked for the Foreign Office before becoming a Conservative MP in 1979. He resigned seven years later, after which he was the parliamentary sketchwriter for \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003efor thirteen years. He is now a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Spectator, \u003c\/i\u003eand is also a frequent broadcaster. His highly acclaimed autobiography was published by Viking in 2002, and his most recent book \u003ci\u003eParting Shots\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of diplomats' final despatches, is now available as a Penguin paperback. He divides his time between a flat in London, a house in his former Derbyshire constituency, and the house in Spain which is the subject of this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a class of its own * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eSo infectious is his enthusiasm for L'Avenc and the dramatic, unvisited landscape of Collsacabra, that I wanted to leave at once to explore it ... And it's all just a few miles away from the Costa Brava! -- Christopher Hudson * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eStands apart... This Englishman's castle might have started as a dream, but it has ended up being an extraordinary reality * Sunday Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151084056919,"sku":"9780241961780","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241961780.jpg?v=1762960071","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-castle-in-spain-9780241961780","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}