Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo returns to his native Spain to discover what the intrepid tourists of the Belle Epoque experienced on their travels through the fading Spanish empire. Hard on their heels in Madrid, he visits the scene of a grim assassination attempt at the royal wedding of a British princess and a Spanish king. Striking south to historic Cordoba, Michael dances with an unusual partner and enjoys all the fun of the feria. Heading further into Andalusia, Michael arrives in Seville, the city he has made his Spanish home, and where, in the city's tobacco factory, he learns about a gypsy girl named Carmen. After sipping sherry in Jerez, he traces Winston Churchill's tense diplomatic mission to Algeciras on Spain's Costa del Sol and finishes with tales of British espionage on the Rock of Gibraltar. 译文(3): 带着1913年的铁路向导，迈克尔·波蒂略回到了他的祖国西班牙，了解美丽时代勇敢的游客在穿越日渐衰落的西班牙帝国时所经历的一切。在马德里，他紧跟着他们的脚步，参观了一位英国公主和一位西班牙国王的皇家婚礼上发生的一起残忍的暗杀未遂事件的现场。
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