<p>From the author of the beloved novel The Towers of Trebizond, a book about Portugal that is part travelogue, part history and wholly personal.<br><br>Rose Macaulay first travelled to Lisbon in March 1943 to escape the misery of London following the death of her lover and loss of<br>her bombed flat. Turning to letters, diaries and travelogues, she brought together the reactions of some of the many Britons who had travelled to Portugal over the ...