El Generalísimo
Franco: Power, Violence and the Quest for Greatness
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El Generalísimo
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Giles Tremlett
'Making Francisco Franco’s long life and 38 years of dictatorship enjoyable reading is a daunting challenge ... Giles Tremlett nonetheless succeeds magnificently' PAUL PRESTON
'A magisterial, ground-breaking new portrait ... Sets a gold standard in Spanish Civil War history' ELISABETH DRAYSON
From a scrawny, overlooked military graduate to the youngest general in Europe, Francisco Franco was known for his ambition, talent and calculated risk-taking. Yet his reputation remains a topic of fierce debate. Did he destroy Spain and stifle its democracy or rescue the nation from left-wing tumult? In this compelling biography, Giles Tremlett unravels the complex life and legacy of the enigmatic dictator who shaped twentieth-century Spanish history.
This book will delve into the complexities of Franco's character, exploring his volatile relationship with a domineering father, his traumatic experiences fighting in Morocco and the formation of his authoritarian ideology. The narrative follows Franco's ruthless leadership during the Civil War, his alignment with Hitler and Mussolini and the subsequent Cold War era that brought him international rehabilitation. Tremlett interrogates Franco's transformation of Spain through a lens that challenges the conventional view of him as a bumbling leader. Instead, he argues that Franco was a deliberate and pragmatic dictator who wielded terror to maintain an iron grip on power, and whose lasting (and most surprising) contribution was the period of peace that allowed Spain to challenge the absolutist spirit he embodied.
Nuanced and comprehensive, El Generalísimo offers a fresh perspective that reveals the intricate interplay of ambition and fearlessness of Francisco Franco; and examines his enduring legacy that continues to shape Spain's political and cultural landscape.©2025 Giles Tremlett (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Making Francisco Franco’s long life and 38 years of dictatorship enjoyable reading is a daunting challenge. With supple and elegant prose, Giles Tremlett nonetheless succeeds magnificently (Paul Preston, author of THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR and THE SPANISH HOLOCAUST)
Mediocrities can rise to great power; just look at Vladimir Putin. But the classic example was Francisco Franco, who – as we learn from this excellent study of the generalísimo and the post-war Spain he forged – never saw an internal enemy he couldn’t crush in a style that was at once brutal and blundering
A magisterial, groundbreaking new portrait of Francisco Franco as unique among the European dictators of the twentieth century. Tremlett charts Franco’s personal and political evolution from brilliant soldier to ruthless tyrant with unerring clarity, riveting anecdotes and chilling details. Comprehensive and complex, this book lays bare the paradoxical and eye-opening story of a cold, ruthless man in thrall to an ambition and ideology that crippled his country for 36 years. El Generalísimo sets a gold standard in Spanish Civil War history (Elizabeth Drayson, author of CRUCIBLE OF LIGHT)
[In] this intriguing new biography… Tremlett has an intimate understanding of Spain’s recent history… [and] writes with great clarity about complex topics. Tremlett deserves praise for making him fascinating (Gerard DeGroot)
Given the new world disorder, the resurgence of autocrats in so many places; the crisis and fragility of democracy… it’s good to have a new [biography of Franco]. In El Generalísimo, Giles Tremlett delivers an excellent biography – compelling, authoritative, even entertaining – of this highly dislikable creature (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
Giles Tremlett gives a rounded portrait of Francisco Franco, whose rise to power was extraordinary by any standards—from the youngest general in Europe since Napoleon, at the age of 33, to victor of the Spanish Civil War, and then dictator for 36 years. Tremlett’s vivid book makes judicious use of reports, memoirs, and newspapers of the time for an engaging and penetrating biography (William Chislett, author of SPAIN: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW)
This new biography of Franco, marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish dictator’s death, explains how an uncharismatic military officer, lacking ideology or even ideas, seized control of a western European democracy, outlived his fellow autocrats Hitler and Mussolini and ran the country with an iron fist for 36 years until he died from old age in a hospital bed
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