An imprisoned duchess, a palace showdown, and a death-bed wedding: inside the bitter battle over a priceless historical ...

He joined a military coup, fought ruthlessly in the Spanish Civil War, and emerged as the dictator of Spain. For almost 40 years, Franco worked to transform the country into a bastion of tradition.

Stanley Payne explains the character of the Spanish revolution and the complex web of republican politics, while also examining in detail the development of Franco's counterrevolutionary ...

Franco's victory was in the end a victory for Hitler and Mussolini and for dictatorship over democracy. ‘Julián Casanova is one of the most exciting and innovative historians working in Spain today.

General Franco ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. More than 350,000 people died in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War, which saw Franco's Nationalist forces defeat the Republican government.

The Spanish government plans to turn a monument to fascist dictator General Francisco Franco into a cemetery for people who died on both sides of the Spanish Civil War. The removal of the monument ...

The PSOE awarded the Senate's gold medal to two communist dictators, Kostantin Chernenko (in 1984) and Fidel Castro (in 1988) ...

Franco’s greatest contribution to contemporary art came in a perverse manner. In 1936, he led troops against Spain’s democratically elected government igniting the Spanish Civil War which ...

On the face of it, “Close Your Eyes” is a mystery. It’s as if someone handed Erice a Harlan Coben novel that he then ...

Montoya recently adapted Paco Roca graphic novel 'La Casa' which won prizes at Malaga film festival this year.