The definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston.
Francisco Franco was the Caudillo of Spain, leading the Nationalists' brutal, Fascist-sponsored victory over the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War and ruling Spain as dictator from 1939 to 1975.
The biography presents a mass of new and unknown material about its subject, the fruits of research in the archives of six countries and a plethora of interviews with key figures.
| ISBN: | 9780006862109 |
| Publication date: | 11th July 2011 |
| Author: | Paul Preston |
| Publisher: | Fontana Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1002 pages |
| Genres: |
European history Biography: historical, political and military Political leaders and leadership Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship Political oppression and persecution General and world history Political ideologies and movements Military history |