Soldiers of Salamis

Synopsis

International bestseller - a novel of the spanish civil war, a modern classic, and a searing exploration of the unknowability of history, by the acclaimed author of outlawsin the waning days of the spanish civil war, an unknown militiaman discovered a nationalist prisoner who had fled a firing squad and taken refuge in the forest. But instead of killing him, the soldier simply turned and walked away. The prisoner, rafael sánchez mazas--writer, fascist, and founder of the spanish falange--went on to become a national hero and ultimately a minister in franco's first government.