Various authors

The main events of the Spanish Civil War [L.m./F.s.: 2019-12-29 / 0.15 KiB]

© 1986, Robert George Cordery

‘Robert (Bob) George Cordery actually appeared in the film ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (1984 - starring John Hurt (Winston Smith), Richard Burton (O‘Brien), Suzanna Hamilton (Julia)...). He was an extra (non-speaking role) in some ...’

The man who saved Orwell [L.m./F.s.: 2019-12-29 / 0.15 KiB]

© 2001, David Jacobs

‘In the hazy photo (Orwell and Milton), a group of men and one woman pose for the camera behind a wall of sandbags, with their weapons at hand. They do not have ...’

Spanish War in Slogans and Posters [L.m./F.s.: 2019-12-29 / 0.15 KiB]

© 2002, D. Murphy

‘In July 1936, the opening shots of the 2nd World War were fired in Europe's poorest country. Spain was long governed by a wealthy elite and its brutal military police, the infamous ...’

Repeating the old lies [L.m./F.s.: 2019-12-29 / 0.15 KiB]

© 1999, Jeffrey Meyers

‘As a biographer, I'm often more puzzled than enlightened by personal interviews. Establishing the facts is tricky enough, and the truth can be elusive. The people I talk to may be old, ...’

About George Orwell and the Spanish Revolution [L. m.: 2019-12-29]

© 1999, John Newsinger

‘July 17-18, 1936. Throughout Morocco and Spain military garrisons (aided, in places, by the Guardia Civil and the Falange) rose in revolt against the Republican Government. ... July 19, 1936. The Insurgents (or Nationalists)...’