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  Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past (Paperback) By (author) Giles Tremlett

  

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  Short Description for Ghosts of SpainThe Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco? This title takes us on a journey around Spain - and through Spanish history. It intends to make sense of the author's personal experience of the Spanish.
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  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Published: 05 April 2012
  • Format: Paperback 496 pages
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  • Categories: European History | Social & Cultural History | Guidebooks | Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9780571279395 ISBN 10: 0571279392
  • Sales rank: 167,844

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• The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco? The appearance - sixty years after that war ended - of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death squads has finally broken what Spaniards call 'the pact of forgetting'. At this charged moment, Giles Tremlett embarked on a journey around Spain - and through Spanish history. Tremlett's journey was also an attempt to make sense of his personal experience of the Spanish. Why do they dislike authority figures, but are cowed by a doctor's white coat? How had women embraced feminism without men noticing? What binds gypsies, jails and flamenco? Why do the Spanish go to plastic surgeons, donate their organs, visit brothels or take cocaine more than other Europeans?