This new edition inlcudes essays by three prominant Spanish Civil War historians, translated from the new Spanish edition. A gripping personal account of the Spanish Civil War, this memoir is also the story of a man discovering his ro...
Exhuming Franco: Spain's Second Trans...
Sebastiaan FaberWhat is left of Francisco Franco's legacy in Spain today? Franco ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. In October 2019, his remains were removed from the massive national monument in which they had ...
The Portuguese: A Modern History
Barry HattonCombining history and anecdote, Barry Hatton paints an intimate portrait of a fascinating country and its people Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founding member o...
History of Spain: A Captivating Guide...
Captivating HistoryIf you want to discover the captivating history of Spain, then keep reading... Throughout the centuries, Spain has been subject to the lordship of other countries. It was occupied by the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Visigoths, the ...
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: ...
Dario Fernandez MoreraScholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain-"al-Andalus"-as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted acco...
[This is the MP3CD audiobook format.]Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the P.O.U.M. militia to fight against the Fascists. In this now justly famous ...
Armies of Castile and Aragon 1370-151...
John PohlArmies of Castile and Aragon depicts the fighting men whose skill and tactical flexibility made Spain into a world power at the close of the Middle Ages, carving out empires from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean. Much has been writt...
The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (2): Re...
Alejandro QuesadaThis book offers an extensive overview of the myriad Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39. The conflict was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. The study illustrates, ...
Franco's Crypt: Spanish Culture and M...
Jeremy TreglownAn open-minded and clear-eyed reexamination of the cultural artifacts of Franco's SpainTrue, false, or both?Spain's 1939–75 dictator, Francisco Franco, was a pioneer of water conservation and sustainable energy.Pedro Almodóvar is o...
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death...
Amanda Vaill"Whether or not you're a history buff, you'll be fully immersed in Vaill's chronicle of the band of journalists--including Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn--who covered the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War."--Entertainm...