![]() ![]() One of the most famous war reporters of the 20th Century, Gellhorn travelled around Spain reporting on the Spanish Civil War. Bessie writes truly and finely of all that he could see… and he saw enough.” Hemingway said of the book: “A true, honest, fine book. Novelist Alvah Bessie fought with the volunteer Lincoln Battalion in Spain and, upon his return to the United States, wrote this gritty memoir of the war. The observations of the authors experience fighting against Fascism during the Spanish Civil War was published in 1938 and gives a first-hand account of fighting for the Republicans. Whether it is contemporary accounts, historical thesis or fiction set during the 1936-39 conflict, there is a huge choice of very good reads on the subject. The three year long bloody conflict that divided Spain pitting brother against brother in a pre-cursor to the Second World War inspired great writing and has continued to fascinate historians to this day. On the 82nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, The Local takes a look at the best books on the conflict. Picture taken in 1936 of Spanish soldiers loyal to the young Republic. ![]()
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