Books

8 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
El invierno del mundo / Winter of the World El invierno del mundo / Winter of the World Ken Follett Continuing the story of five interrelated families as they become entangled in events from the beginning of the twentieth century, from the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and … OL16531911W
A Bitter Field A Bitter Field Jack Ludlow 1938. As Hitler sets his sights on the Sudetenland, not everyone in Britain is willing to appease him. Convinced that the Fuehrer's land-hunger is insatiable, the head of the SIS recruits Cal Jardine… OL17511529W
Falcó Falcó Arturo Pérez-Reverte La Europa turbulenta de los años treinta y cuarenta del siglo XX es el escenario de las andanzas de Lorenzo Falcó, ex contrabandista de armas, espía sin escrúpulos, agente de los servicios de intelig… OL17588309W
Uncertain glory Uncertain glory Joan Sales "A classic Catalan work about love, family, and class during the Spanish Civil war. Spain, 1937. Posted to the Aragonese front, Lieutenant Lluís de Brocà i de Ruscalleda eschews the drunken antics of… OL19721952W
Love and ruin Love and ruin Paula McLain After meeting and falling in love while she covered the Spanish Civil War in Madrid, Martha Gellhorn is forced to choose between her marriage to Ernest Hemingway and her career as a war correspondent. OL19747411W
The lighthouse The lighthouse Roca, Paco (Comic book artist) "Francisco, a wounded, despairing sixteen-year-old Republican guard in the Spanish Civil War, is trying to flee to freedom by crossing the French border. In his escape, he encounters an old remote li… OL20050146W
The book of the alchemist The book of the alchemist Adam Williams Eleventh-century Andaluz. While Europe slumbers in the dark ages, Southern Spain is a beacon of enlightenment that draws artists, scientists and philosophers of all faiths. In this haven of tolerance… OL20940710W
La guerra del general Escobar La guerra del general Escobar José Luis Olaizola HISTORICAL FICTION. Appearing here in English translation for the first time, General Escobar's War won Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize for fiction. The historical novel takes the form of an imagin… OL862122W