Heroes of the Spanish Civil War

CLIFFORD THURLOW, a renowned ghostwriter and author, has a diverse portfolio spanning novels, short stories, travelogues and film scripts. Starting as a cub reporter in Kent, he later became the editor of The Athens News in Greece, covering pivotal events. Thurlow's passion for writing flourished during his time in India, where he studied Buddhism and authored Stories From Beyond the Clouds. His illustrious career includes collaborations with notable figures and best-selling works like Runaway, Typhoon, Today I'm Alice, and Sex, Surrealism, Dalí and Me.

There is no better way of explaining why the Spanish Civil War became the last great cause and still stimulates passionate reactions than through the lives of those who volunteered to fight against fascism in Spain between 1936 and 1939. Clifford Thurlow portrays fifty of them from around the world with great sensitivity. In this original and welcome study, he manages to convey the passion and urgency that drove those volunteers to abandon their families and risk their lives in the last bid to save democracy in their own countries as well as in Spain. PAUL PRESTONClifford Thurlow’s important new book brings the Spanish Civil War to life through the stories of its ‘ordinary heroes’ at precisely the time we need these warnings. PETER YORK