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Doves of War: Four Women of the Spanish Civil War

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#328325-XE16
Titel	Doves of War: Four Women of the Spanish Civil War
Auteur	Preston, Paul
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	HarperCollins Publidsers
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0002556332
ISBN13	9780002556330
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Much has been written about the Spanish Civil War's effects on Spain and its citizens, but little attention has been paid to the women involved in the conflict. In this beautifully written biographical work, Paul Preston tells the forgotten war stories of four exceptional women whose lives were starkly altered by the war. The portraits in this provocative, yet objective volume mirror the war itself, with the left pitted against the right. On the left side are Margarita Neken, the revolutionary feminist, writer, and politician; and Nan Green, the communist nurse who left her children behind in England to fight against fascism alongside her husband in the International Brigades. On the right side are Mercedes Sanz Bachiller, the most powerful woman in the Francoist zone; and Priscilla Scot... (Lees verder)t-Ellis, the wealthy English socialite who, lured to Spain by love, stayed on to help the fascist war effort as a nurse on the front lines.
Pagina's	469
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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