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Howard Headworth retired to southern Spain twenty years ago. He was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, and trained as a geologist at Aberystwyth and Imperial College. He is a hydrogeologist by profession, having spent most of his career in southern England where, after water privatisation in 1989, he became managing director of Southern Science, an environmental company within the Southern Water plc group.With his wife, Sarah Steines, he is the author of an English/Spanish and Spanish/English Dictionary of Environmental Science and Engineering published by John Wiley and Sons in 1998. The former Moorish kingdom of Andalucia fascinated him on his arrival in Spain and he has written two historic novels covering the years before and after the fall of Granada in 1492 to the Christian monarchs, Isabel and Fernando. The Al-Andalus Chronicle and Spain's Pursuit of Destiny are both translated into Spanish in Al-Andalus, Sus Ultimos Anos, and Espana en la Busqueda de Su Destino. All four books are published by New Generation Publishing.His fourteen short stories in Civilisations and Conspiracies range freely through space and time with some thought-provoking and tongue-in-cheek themes.

Howard Headworth's thrilling trilogy takes us to 1480s Spain. For Spaniards, it's the dawn of their country's Golden Age. For the Moors of al-Andalus in the south, it's the beginning of a bitter harvest. And far to the west, a New World Beckons... Glorious depictions of action, the sweep of historical events, a panopoly of characters, and the tide of emotions running in the heart of a young man - Pedro Togeiro - make this book a treasure. Bereft of his family, tortured by the Inquisition, and caught in the crossfire between Christian and Muslim, Pedro makes a momentous decision. He takes ship accross the sea with Columbus and his caravel. Through the eyes of Pedro Togeiro, half Christian, half Jewish, the author paints a vivid, harshly beautiful picture of a world undergoing a sea change and a country at the crossroads. The path it chose brought it incredible riches, but at what cost?

It is 1493. The Catholic Monarchs have vanquished the Muslim kingdom of al-Andalus and banished the Jews from Spain. Our hero, Don Pedro Togeiro, has joined Spain's greatest military commander, Don Gonzalo Fernandez of Cordoba, the Gran Capitan himself, to expel the marauding French forces from Italy, while his sultry raven-haired Moorish wife, Raquel, has accompanied Princess Juana to Flanders for her wedding to the womanising Archduke Philip of Austria where he savagely assaults her. Meanwhile, the dynastic Borgias are scandalising Rome and in the Indies Christopher Columbus continues his search for gold, convinced that he's reached China. Spain is on the threshold of greatness as Isabel and Fernando forge its destiny, but fate intervenes. Famine, earthquake and disease decimate Spain, while the tragic death of three heirs to the throne and the growing madness of heiress Juana draw Spain inexorably into the Habsburg Empire. Spain's Pursuit of Destiny: The Columbus Years, Howard Headworth's brilliant follow-up to The Al-Andalus Chronicle, has a rich blend of personal drama, historical detail and a superb sense of place. Raquel's ordeal, Pedro's kidnap in Tuscany and the epic battle of Cerignola are laid like bright tapestries before our present-day eyes. When Pedro's family, following the destruction of their castle-home, decide to seek new pastures in the West Indies, the picture is complete, and we have Spain's chequered destiny in a nutshell. Howard Headworth has lived in Almeria in southern Spain with his wife, Sarah, since 1994. Enthralled by the vestiges of the former Muslim kingdom which are evident in every corner of southern Spain, his interest turned to the northern cities of Castile and La Mancha, with their largely intact hearts still pulsating with the events of their turbulent years. His wide-ranging research for this book took him to the Dominican Republic (once La Espanona) to search out where Pedro settled. Howard was born in Newport, Gwent, and educated at the University of Wales and Imperial College, London. He is a geologist by training and a hydrogeologist by profession. With his wife, Sarah Steines, he is the author of an English/Spanish Dictionary of Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering (John Wiley and Sons).

La emocionante novela historica de Howard Headworth nos lleva a los anos de 1480 en Espana. Para los espanoles es el amanecer de la epoca dorada del pais. Para los moros de Al-Andalus en el sur, es el principio de una cosecha amarga. Y lejos al oeste, un Nuevo Mundo hace senas.....Descripciones gloriosas de batalles y conflictos, los horrores de la Inquisicion Espanol, el trazo de acontecimientos historicos llevando a la entrada de los Reyes Catolicos en Granada en 1492, una panoplia de caracteres, perfiles de las tradiciones y habilidades de los campesinos musulmanes en Al-Andalus, y finalmente el primer viaje de Cristobal Colon a las Indias, hacen de este libro un singular tesoro.Howard Headworth vive en Almeria, Espana, durante veinte anos. Nacio en Gales y estudio geologia en la universidad alli y en Londres. Usa su gran experiencia como director cientifico asi como su pasion para la historia de su pais adoptivo en esta novela historica.

Es dos anos despues de la entrada en Granada por los cristianos en 1492. En esta brillante secuela a su primera novela historica Al-Andalus: Sus Ultimos Anos, Howard Headworth elabora una rica mezcla de drama personal y detalle historico, y presenta un sentido magnifico del lugar. Incluyendo las campanas militares del Gran Capitan en Italia contra los Franceses, la boda de la Infanta Juana en Flandes con Felipe el Hermoso, los escandalos de los Borgias en Roma y las aventuras de Cristobal Colon en las Indias en busqueda de oro, los Reyes Catolicos busca forjar la futura grandeza y destino de Espana.Howard Headworth vive en Almeria, Espana, durante veinte anos. Nacio en el Pais de Gales y estudio geologia en la universidad alli y en el Colegio Imperial de Londres. Usa su gran experiencia como director cientifico asi como su pasion para la historia de su pais adoptivo en esta novela historica.

The English/Spanish & Spanish/English Dictionary ofEnvironmental Science and Engineering is aimed at the professionalpractitioner in the areas of business, consultancy, government,regulation or academia. It is particularly useful for environmentalscientists, ecologists, geologists, hydrologists, water andwastewater engineers, landfill and contaminated land specialistsand administrators. The diverse specialisms of the two authors andtheir knowledge of environmental assessment, hydrogeology andenvironmental engineering ensures that the book has thoroughcoverage. With nearly 30,000 entries, the book combines atraditional dictionary approach with a modern and up-to-date styleof presentation. The authors have used their wealth of technicalknowledge and their understanding of Spanish to produce a book oftrue value and timeliness. In addition, the external advisors,Manuel Regueiro y Gonzalez-Barros from Spain and Alberto BustaniAdem from Mexico bring their distinct cultural backgrounds to bearto ensure that the dictionary reflects modern usage and terminologyin both Spain and Latin America.