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The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Franco by Paul Preston 'Magisterial … As engagingly readable as a good novel' ObserverThe definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description 'Magisterial … As engagingly readable as a good novel' ObserverThe definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston. Francisco Franco was the Caudillo of Spain, leading the Nationalists' brutal, Fascist-sponsored victory over the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War and ruling Spain as dictator from 1939 to 1975.The biography presents a mass of new and unknown material about its subject, the fruits of research in the archives of six countries and a plethora of interviews with key figures. Notes Paul Preston's epic, acclaimed and bestselling biography of the >CaudilloSunday Times Author Biography Paul Preston is Príncipe de Asturias Professor of Contemporary Spanish History and Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre of Contemporary Spanish Studies at the LSE. He was lecturer at the University of Reading then successively lecturer in, reader in and Professor of History at Queen Mary College, University of London. In 2006 he was awarded the International Ramon Llull Prize by the Catalan Government. Among his many works are The Triumph of Democracy in Spain (1986), Franco: A Biography (1993), A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War (1996), Comrades (1999), Doves of War: Four Women in Spain (2002), Juan Carlos (2004) and The Spanish Civil War (2006). He was decorated by Spanish King Juan Carlos a 'Comendador de la Orden de Mérito Civil' and in 2007, the 'Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica'. In 2000 he was awarded a CBE. Kirkus UK Review Francisco Franco was the longest-lived of Europe's 20th-century dictators. Capable of acts of medieval barbarity he was also an astute politician who skilfully negotiated Spain's neutrality during World War II and presided over the country's 'economic miracle' in the 1950s and '60s. To his supporters he was a heroic figure in the tradition of El Cid; to his critics he was a monster who inflicted 40 years of clerical fascism and military repression on Spain. Paul Preston's long and magisterial biography, while far from exonerating Franco, is a most comprehensive, balanced account of his life. A must for any serious student of modern Spanish history and 20th-century politics in general. (Kirkus UK) Kirkus US Review A definitive but dull biography of the least known of Europe's 20th-century dictators. Preston (International History/London School of Economics) makes some significant changes in the generally received portrait of Franco that has come down to us. He portrays Franco as admired by his troops in Spanish Morocco, where he spent ten of his early military years, for his thoroughness and his insistence on always leading assaults personally. In the Spanish Civil War itself, however, he was prodigal with his soldiers' lives, as he deliberately waged a war of attrition designed to kill as many enemy soldiers as possible rather than to win quick victories. Preston believes that the ruthlessness and exemplary use of terror Franco learned in Africa dominated both his political and military conduct. His ferocity in getting rid of rivals was exceeded only by his executions of tens of thousands of Republican supporters during and after the war (he would sign sheaves of execution notices while in his car, without reading the details). Preston's most interesting new material derives from his analysis of Franco's relationship with Hitler and Mussolini. Admirers of Franco have seized on Churchill's praise of the Spaniard for not joining the Axis powers in 1940, despite the aid he had received from Germany and Italy during the Civil War. In truth, Preston shows, Franco was eager to get into the war, particularly when he thought that the Germans were winning, but only if he received economic aid. It was Hitler's reluctance or inability to pay Franco's price, rather than Franco's shrewdness, that scuttled negotiations. Although Preston omits some of the context in which Franco operated - notably the atrocities committed by the Republican forces opposing him - Franco emerges as an extraordinarily unlovable figure, cunning, with a hunger for adulation and an icy cruelty. Careful and thorough, if uninspired, and likely to remain the standard biography in English for some time to come. (Kirkus Reviews) Prizes Winner of Yorkshire Post Literary Award Book of the Year Category 1993 Feature Competition: Ghosts of Spain;Spain A History;The Battle for Spain;Violencia; The Spanish Civil War;Forgotten Places;Struggle for Catalonia;Machiavelli;the international brigades. Giles Tremlett;Raymond Carr;Antony Beevor;Jason Webster; Hugh Thomas;Helen Graham;Nick Lloyd;Raphael Minder;jeremy black;Alexander Lee Details ISBN0006862101 Author Paul Preston Pages 1024 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 1995 ISBN-10 0006862101 ISBN-13 9780006862109 Format Paperback Subtitle A Biography Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 946.082092 Illustrations 32pp b&w photographs Birth 1946 Media Book Language English Imprint Fontana Press UK Release Date 1995-04-10 Publication Date 1995-04-10 Alternative 9780007404230 Audience General AU Release Date 1995-06-30 NZ Release Date 1995-02-06 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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ISBN: 9780006862109

‘Magisterial … As engagingly readable as a good novel’ ObserverThe definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston. Francisco Franco was … Mehr…

‘Magisterial … As engagingly readable as a good novel’ ObserverThe definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston. Francisco Franco was the Caudillo of Spain, leading the Nationalists' brutal, Fascist-sponsored victory over the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War and ruling Spain as dictator from 1939 to 1975.The biography presents a mass of new and unknown material about its subject, the fruits of research in the archives of six countries and a plethora of interviews with key figures. Books Paul Preston|Paperback|HarperCollins Publishers|10/04/1995, HarperCollins Publishers<

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