by Paul Preston · Editorial Base · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788485031931
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In this book, the renowned British historian Paul Preston, recognized as the most prominent biographer of General Franco, dedicates himself to dismantling one by one the myths that the dictator tried to build around his figure. Through an exhaustive analysis, Preston exposes the constant manipulations of reality orchestrated by the Caudillo and his court of flatterers for almost forty years, revealing the deceit, falsehood, and hypocrisy that characterized the Franco regime. The author presents a Franco who betrayed the Republic, vengeful to the most extreme cruelty, and devoted body and soul to German Nazism and Italian Fascism. The work examines the dictator's relationship with the Falange, the Bourbons, the military, and the great world powers from an innovative and demystifying perspective. 'Franco. The Great Manipulator' is a fascinating and essential narrative to understand one of the most tragic periods in the contemporary history of Spain.
Sir Paul Preston CBE is an English historian and Hispanist, biographer of Francisco Franco, and specialist in Spanish history, in particular the Spanish Civil War, which he has studied for more than 50 years. He is the winner of multiple awards for his books on the Spanish Civil War.
