by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts · Lectorum Pubns · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422608547
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«El día en que murió Guernica» is the historical essay by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, published by Lectorum Pubns in hardcover (339 pages, in Spanish).
Chronicle of the bombing of Guernica on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. Using archives and survivor testimonies, the authors recreate the attack and its consequences for the civilian population, and analyze the military and political context that turned the town into a symbol of the brutality of war.
The work was originally published in English in 1975 as «Guernica: The Crucible of World War II»; the Spanish edition was translated by José María Martínez Monasterio.
For readers interested in the Spanish Civil War and twentieth-century military history.
Gordon Thomas was a British investigative journalist and author, notably on topics of secret intelligence. Thomas was the author of 53 books published worldwide including The Pope's Jews, Secret Wars, and Gideon's Spies, with sales exceeding 45 million copies. Thomas got the scoop on the nationalisation of the Suez Canal for the Daily Express in 1956. He was a cousin of the poet Dylan Thomas.
