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The life of the complex, ruthless adversary of General Franco, whose life spanned much of Spain's turbulent 20th century.

From 1939 to 1975, the Spanish Communist Party, effectively lead for two decades by Santiago Carrillo, was the most determined opponent of General Franco's Nationalist regime. Admired by many on the left as a revolutionary and a pillar of the anti-Franco struggle, and hated by others as a Stalinist gravedigger of the revolution, Santiago Carrillo was arguably the dictator's most consistent left-wing enemy.

For many on the right, Carrillo was a monster to be vilified as a mass murderer for his activities during the Civil War. But his survival owed to certain qualities that he had in abundance - a capacity for hard work, stamina and endurance, writing and oratorical skills, intelligence and cunning - though honesty and loyalty were not among them.

One by one he turned on those who helped him in his desire for advancement, revealing the ruthless streak that he shared with Franco, and a zeal for rewriting his past. Drawing on the numerous, continuously revised accounts Carillo created of his life, and contrasting them with those produced by his friends and enemies, Spain's greatest modern historian Paul Preston unravels the legend of a devastating and controversial figure at the heart of 20th-century Spanish politics.

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  • Title The Last Stalinist: The Life of Santiago Carrillo
  • Author Paul Preston
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition, F
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher William Collins, London
  • Publication date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780007558407 / 0007558406
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.44 x 6.25 x 1.56 in (23.98 x 15.88 x 3.96 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Communists - Spain, Carrillo, Santiago
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014471112
  • Dewey Decimal Code 335.409

About the author

SIR PAUL PRESTON CBE is Professor of Contemporary Spanish History at the London School of Economics and was previously a lecturer at the University of Reading and Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary University London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and holds the Marcel Proust Chair of the European Academy of Yuste. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by universities in Spain and the UK. In 2006, he was awarded the International Ramon Llull Prize by the Catalan Government and, in 2018, the Guernica Peace Prize. Among his many works are Franco: A Biography, Comrades, Doves of War: Four Women of Spain, Juan Carlos, The Spanish Civil War, The Spanish Holocaust, The Last Stalinist, The Last Days of the Spanish Republic and A People Betrayed. In Spain, he was appointed a Comendador de la Orden del Mrito Civil in 1986 and awarded, in 2007, the Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Catlica. He lives in London.

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