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Who it's for · If you like it, read next
- Who it's for
- For readers who want to know the person behind the dictator, especially generations who did not live under Franco's regime.
If you like it, read next
- Ni una, ni grande, ni libreNicolás SesmaA complete history of the dictatorship that looks less at Franco and more at Spanish society.
- La Guerra Civil EspañolaPaul PrestonThe war that brought Franco to power, told by one of his best-known biographers.
- El abismo del olvidoPaco RocaA graphic novel about the mass graves and the memory of Francoist repression.
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