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1930s: A country torn apart by war. Two love stories divided by decades. One chance to discover the truth…
The Spanish Girl
What you need to know before your trail
Feisty journalist Isabella has never known the truth about her family. Escaping from a dangerous assignment in the turbulent Basque country, she finds her world turned upside down, firstly by her irresistible attraction to the mysterious Rafael, and then by a new clue to her own past.
As she begins to unravel the tangled story of her identity, Isabella uncovers a story of passion, betrayal and loss that reaches back to the dark days of Spain’s civil war – when a passionate Spanish girl risked everything for her country, and for the young British rebel who captured her heart.
But can Isabella trust the man she’s fallen in love with? Or are some wartime secrets better left undisturbed…?
Locations
Reset- Spain - Basque country
- A: Bilbao - Basque parliament
- B: San Sebastián - Gara newspaper
- C: Guggenheim Bilbao Museum
- Spain - Madrid
- D: Spanish government
- E: Museo Reina Sofia
Travel Guide
The story of ETA, the Basque country and Madrid
The author has done considerable research and the author note goes further to explain the events fictionalised in the novel.
“The Spanish Civil War itself, both during the conflict and afterwards, was a war, and political campaign , which people today will have difficulty comprehending .”
“In 1936, Franco rebelled against his own democratically elected Republican government. Ordinary Spanish [people immediately and organically took up arms against Franco, forming the partisan military group POUM.”
“Towards the end of the 1936, the International Brigades was formed….”
“By the spring of 1937 there were essentially two conflicts within Spain; the first between the Republican government and Franco, the second between the Republican Russian friendly government, against POUM and the International Brigades.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Spanish Girl
Destination/location: Basque country, Madrid Author/guide: Jules Hayes Departure Time: 1930s
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