Giles Tremlett

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII

Travels Through Spain and Its Secret Past

Ghosts of Spain

Describes the life of the youngest child of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, whose refusal to divorce England's Henry VIII put her in the center of one history's greatest power struggles between the King and the Catholic Church.

The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon

1474. Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania-- and Isabella ascended the throne, a female ruler in a male-dominated world. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon not only united their kingdoms, but began a royal partnership in which Isabella more than held her own. Tremlett chronicles Isabella's colorful life as she led her country out of the Middle Ages and harvested the ideas and tools of the Renaissance to turn her nation into a sharper, early modern state.

Europe's First Great Queen

Isabella of Castile

An odyssey through Spain's painful recent past examines the causes and consequences of the Spanish Civil War, as well as its repercussions in the lives of modern-day Spaniards, and offers observations on other elements of Spanish life.

Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past

A Brief History of Spain

España

Shows just how far ordinary people will go to save democracy against overwhelming odds in a tale of European solidarity that resonates just as strongly today.

Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War

The International Brigades

A short history of Spain from prehistoric times to today – from the author of Ghosts of Spain.

España: A Brief History of Spain

'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation. Over 35,000 volunteers from sixty-one countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler and Mussolini. Ill-equipped and disorderly, yet fuelled by a shared sense of purpose and potential glory, these disparate groups of idealistic young men and women formed a volunteer army of a size and type unseen since the Crusades, known as the International Brigades. Were they heroes or fools? Saints or bloodthirsty adventurers? And what exactly did they achieve? In this magisterial history, Giles Tremlett tells – for the first time – the story of the Spanish Civil War through the experiences of this remarkable group. Drawing on the Brigades' archives in Moscow, as well as first-hand accounts, The International Brigades captures all the human drama of a historic mission to halt fascist expansion in Europe.

'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation. Over 35,000 volunteers from sixty-one countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler and Mussolini. Ill-equipped and disorderly, yet fuelled by a shared sense of purpose and potential glory, disparate groups of idealistic young men and women banded together to form a volunteer army of a size and kind unseen since the Crusades, known as the International Brigades. These passionate liberal fighters – from across Europe, China, Africa and the Americas – would join the Republican cause, fighting for over two years on the bloody battlegrounds of Madrid, Jarama and Ebro. Were they heroes or fools? Saints or bloodthirsty adventurers? And what exactly did they achieve? This is a story rendered vivid in the writings of Orwell and Hemingway, the paintings of Picasso and the photographs of Taro and Capa. But here, in this magisterial history, award-winning historian Giles Tremlett tells – for the first time – the story of the Spanish Civil War through the experiences of this remarkable group of people. Drawing on the Brigades' extensive archives in Moscow, Comintern documents and first-hand accounts, Tremlett captures all the human drama of an historic mission to halt fascist expansion in Europe. A fascinating history of resistance, The International Brigades shows just how far ordinary people will go to save democracy against overwhelming odds in a tale of European solidarity that resonates just as strongly today.

La primera historia completa de las Brigadas Internacionales, un episodio épico, repleto de sangre e ideales, en la lucha contra el fascismo. La Guerra Civil española fue el primer conflicto armado contra el fascismo, y un símbolo para toda una generación. Más de treinta y cinco mil voluntarios de sesenta países acudieron a defender la democracia de las tropas de Franco, Hitler y Mussolini. Desorganizados y mal equipados, pero animados por una ilusión compartida y el ansia de gloria, grupos heterogéneos de jóvenes idealistas, hombres y mujeres, se unieron para crear una ejército voluntario de un tamaño nunca visto desde las Cruzadas: las Brigadas Internacionales. Estos apasionados combatientes por la libertad venían de toda Europa, de China, de África y del continente americano para unirse a la causa de la República y luchar durante dos años en las sangrientas batallas de Madrid, el Jarama y el Ebro. ¿Fueron héroes o ilusos? ¿Santos laicos o aventureros sanguinarios? ¿Y qué lograron exactamente? Esta historia se ha contado en los libros de Orwell, Malraux y Hemingway, los cuadros de Picasso y las fotos de Capa y Taro, pero en esta obra magistral el premiado historiador Giles Tremlett cuenta por primera vez los hechos de la Guerra Civil a través de las experiencias de este extraordinario grupo humano. A partir de los amplios archivos de las Brigadas en Moscú, los documentos de la Comintern e infinidad de testimonios de primera mano, Tremlett logra reflejar el drama y la pasión del heroico esfuerzo por detener al fascismo en Europa. Reseña: «La valentía y el sacrificio de los voluntarios que acudieron a España de todas partes del mundo para combatir el fascismo siguen despertando el interés por la Guerra Civil. Muchos de los miles de libros sobre el conflicto son sobre las Brigadas Internacionales, pero no hay ninguno como la crónica, tan emocionante como ilustrativa, de Giles Tremlett. Llena de citas y anécdotas memorables, supone, en una prosa viva y brillante, la historia completa de las Brigadas que se echaba en falta.» Paul Preston «La primera historia completa de las Brigadas Internacionales, de una erudición destacable, pero de lectura ágil y amena.» Book of the Day, The Guardian

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