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Franco: A Biography

by Paul Preston · 1993 · 1024 pages

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To many, Generalissimo Francisco Franco was Spain incarnate. This is a definitive portrait of the complex, elusive man credited with saving Spain from both the communists and Hitler, modernizing the country, and orchestrating the Spanish economic miracle of the 1960s. 32 photos.

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Subject
biographyhistorypolitics
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
historymilitary history
Setting
spain
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1024 pages

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