by Paul Preston · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401378249
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«Juan Carlos, el rey de un pueblo» is the biography by Paul Preston, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (672 pages, in Spanish).
The work traces the life of Juan Carlos I from his childhood in exile to his role in the Spanish Transition. Preston analyzes the monarch's public figure and his personal dimension, with attention to his relationship with his father and the years of youth spent apart from his family.
First edition published in 2003, translated by Eva Rodriguez Halffter and Gabriel Vazquez. Includes black-and-white and color photographs outside the text.
Intended for readers interested in contemporary Spanish history and in political biographies and those of the monarchy.
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.
