The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco? This title takes us on a journey around Spain - and through Spanish history. It intends to make sense of the author's personal experience of the Spanish. Spaniards are reputed to be amongst Europe's most forthright people. This apparent 'pact of forgetting' inspired writer Giles Tremlett to embark on a journey around Spain and its history. Did the Islamist bombers who killed 190 people in 2004 dream of a return to Spain's Moorish past?
