Oliver Balch

The Little Matchstick that ignited civil war

In a nationwide act of amnesia, the Generalissimo has been swept under the carpet, making Enrique Moradiellos’s biography long overdue

issue 24 February 2018

  • Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator

    Enrique Moradiellos

    I.B. Tauris, pp. 264

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