The International Brigades
Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War
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The International Brigades
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Narrated by:
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Laurence Bouvard
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By:
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Giles Tremlett
About this listen
'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane
The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism.
The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation. Over 35,000 volunteers from sixty-one countries around the world came to defend democracy against the troops of Franco, Hitler and Mussolini.
Ill-equipped and disorderly, yet fuelled by a shared sense of purpose and potential glory, disparate groups of idealistic young men and women banded together to form a volunteer army of a size and kind unseen since the Crusades, known as the International Brigades. These passionate liberal fighters – from across Europe, China, Africa and the Americas – would join the Republican cause, fighting for over two years on the bloody battlegrounds of Madrid, Jarama and Ebro.
Were they heroes or fools? Saints or bloodthirsty adventurers? And what exactly did they achieve?
This is a story rendered vivid in the writings of Orwell and Hemingway, the paintings of Picasso and the photographs of Taro and Capa. But here, in this magisterial history, award-winning historian Giles Tremlett tells – for the first time – the story of the Spanish Civil War through the experiences of this remarkable group of people. Drawing on the Brigades' extensive archives in Moscow, Comintern documents and first-hand accounts, Tremlett captures all the human drama of an historic mission to halt fascist expansion in Europe.
A fascinating history of resistance, The International Brigades shows just how far ordinary people will go to save democracy against overwhelming odds in a tale of European solidarity that resonates just as strongly today.©2020 Giles Tremlett (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-05-2023
Extremely detailed account spoiled by narration
As the grand-daughter of an International Brigader who was killed at the Calaceite ambush, I consume anything to do with the SCW with great interest. Giles Tremlett's account did not disappoint and was thoroughly informative. However, it is the completely wrong choice of narrator. Laurence Bouvard is extremely accomplished in what she does but for me there was not enough gravitas where it was needed and all in all it seemed a little lightweight for what is a serious subject.
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