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Book Review: ‘¡Guerra!’ by Jason Webster

 The fist-fight described in the first chapter is quite a shock, and sets the tone for this excellent assessment of a search in modern Spain for the truth about the Civil War. Always a touchy subject...

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Book Review: ‘Spain’ by Jan Morris

Spain was in the tight grip of General Franco in 1954 when Morris first wrote this book and the picture she draws is relevant to today. She portrays a country on the edge of Europe, a grim place to...

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Book Review: ‘Soldiers of Salamis’ by Javier Cercas

You could be forgiven for reading this novel and thinking it is a historical account of an incident in the Spanish Civil War. Written by the Salamanca university lecturer of my Spanish tutor, it is a...

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