by José Luis de Vilallonga · Bertelsmann, München · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783570023600
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«Juan Carlos» is the authorized biography of Juan Carlos I by José Luis de Vilallonga, published by Bertelsmann in paperback (249 pages, in German).
Through conversations with José Luis de Vilallonga, Juan Carlos I reviews his personal and public life: his childhood, his relationship with his father, the Count of Barcelona, his marriage to Queen Sofía and his ambivalent ties to Franco. The book presents the king's version of the Spanish Transition and the attempted coup d'état of 1981.
Work originally published in 1993 as «El Rey: Conversaciones con D. Juan Carlos I de España»; translation by Reiner Pfleiderer and Reinhard Tiffert.
For readers interested in the contemporary history of Spain, the figure of Juan Carlos I and the Transition process.
José Luis de Vilallonga y Cabeza de Vaca, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, GE was a Spanish nobleman, author, socialite and film actor. His peculiar character, described as "a mixture of aristocratic arrogance, self-confidence and unconcern", brought him frequent enmities with other public figures. He was known to be a multifaceted, charming, elegant and playboy-like figure. At his death in 2007, Vilallonga was referred to by several newspapers as "the last dandy".
