Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World It Made - Hardcover

Rhodes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1451696213 ISBN 13: 9781451696219

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2015

Synopsis

The Spanish Civil War inspired and haunted artists and authors including Picasso, Miro, Hemingway and Orwell. It was also the testbed for military and medical technology that would come to the fore in the Second World War. This book tells its story through the eyes of the writers, reporters, doctors and nurses who experienced it first-hand, few of whom were in any doubt that they were witnessing the shape of things to come. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge.

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Review:

'Mr Rhodes's informed and elegant narrative may encourage readers to look further into the conflict's many ripples' The Economist

'There are few [accounts] that evoke more powerfully the horror and comradeship of that dreadful conflict, and fewer still that ask the question all good history should ask: what would you have done?' --Ben MacIntyre, The Times

'Highly readable narrative of the Spanish conflict by the Pulitzer-Prize holder provides a well-researched insight... The personal portraits he brings to life are those of the defenders of legitimacy, such as Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway, whose life wand work are intimately linked to the Spanish war. Yet equally intriguing are the tales of lesser known participants, 'the human stories which had not been told or had been told only incompletely' --Military History Monthly

About the Author:

Richard Rhodesis the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He graduated from Yale University and has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Appearing as host and correspondent for documentaries on public television s Frontline and American Experience series, he has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT and is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Visit his website: RichardRhodes.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1451696213
• ISBN 13: 9781451696219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302