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Much has been written about the Spanish Civil War's effects on Spain and its citizens, but little attention has been paid to the women involved in the conflict. In this beautifully written biographical work, Paul Preston tells the forgotten war stories of four exceptional women whose lives were starkly altered by the war.

The portraits in this provocative, yet objective volume mirror the war itself, with the left pitted against the right. On the left side are Margarita Neken, the revolutionary feminist, writer, and politician; and Nan Green, the communist nurse who left her children behind in England to fight against fascism alongside her husband in the International Brigades. On the right side are Mercedes Sanz Bachiller, the most powerful woman in the Francoist zone; and Priscilla Scott-Ellis, the wealthy English socialite who, lured to Spain by love, stayed on to help the fascist war effort as a nurse on the front lines.

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  • Title Doves of War: Four Women of Spain
  • Author Paul Preston
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Northeastern University Press, Boston
  • Publication date May 8, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781555535605 / 1555535607
  • Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.58 x 1.64 in (22.35 x 14.17 x 4.17 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Cultural Region: Spanish
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939 -, Scott-Ellis, Priscilla
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003001047
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Choice, 01/01/2004, Page 983
  • Library Journal, 02/15/2003, Page 152

About the author

Paul Preston is Prncipe de Asturias Professor and Director of the Caada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies at the London School of Economics. A leading historian of modern Spain, he is the author of 'Franco: A Biography, ' 'A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War, ' and 'Comrades.' He lives in London.

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