Martin Blinkhorn

My first Lancaster Pamphlet,a short, only fifty-page introduction to the Spain of the 1930s. This is a good overview for someone who knows a bit about the subject, and a good outline summary for someone who knows the period intimately. Especially helpful for a historian is the discussion of historiography and the short annotated bibliography at the back. In this book, Blinkhorn is good enough to give a fine overview without being boring, and complete enough to give both sides of the story, i.e. he doesn't lean too heavily on the Nationalist side or the Republican side. A nice, quick, read.… (more)