{"product_id":"9781681497280","title":"General Escobar's War: A Novel of the Spanish Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The best Spanish novel about the Spanish Civil War.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Álvaro Mutis\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author,\u003cem\u003e The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize for fiction, this historical novel takes the form of an imagined diary by General Antonio Escobar, the highest-ranking officer of the Republican Army remaining in Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War, while he awaited trial and execution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBesides being a vivid reminder of how destructive political passions can be, \u003cem\u003eGeneral Escobar's War \u003c\/em\u003eis also a profoundly intimate portrait of an inspiring man. By his decisive action on July 19, 1936, Escobar, then a Civil Guard colonel and a man of profound religious conviction, succeeded in thwarting the military uprising in Barcelona.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough his father was a hero of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, his daughter was a nun, and one of his sons was a Falangist fighter, Escobar freely chose to defend the Republic in accordance with his oath to support the legally constituted government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author gives a rare perspective of the Spanish Civil War, free of partisanship and ideology, through a soldier who, in Spain's great historic schism, chose to take a deeply uncomfortable stance because he believed his duty called him to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149658177776,"sku":"9781681497280","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681497280_p0.jpg?v=1763693220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681497280","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}