The bestselling author of }Stalingrad{ and }Berlin: The Downfall{ draws on masses of newly discovered material from the Spanish, Russian and German archives in his bestselling }The Battle Of Spain{. Already reprinted four times in hardback, Beevor's account narrates the origins of the Civil War and its violent and dramatic course from the coup d'etat in July 1936 through the savage fighting of the next three years. 'Fascination lies in the human drama, superbly captured by Beevor ... a vivid chronicle of a dreadful time and place' }Sunday Times The bestselling author of STALINGRAD and BERLIN: THE DOWNFALL on the Spanish Civil War, drawing on masses of newly discovered material from the Spanish, Russian and German archives.
