The third Jack Telford novel, A Betrayal of Heroes, is published in July 2021. And here’s how I tried to build and research his travels and his trials. From Casablanca to Brazzaville, from the beaches of Normandy to the Liberation of Paris. I had three things on my mind – three things which inspired the […]
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Spanish Civil War – Five Things You (Almost Certainly) Didn’t Know
Brief background to the Spanish Civil War Spain had voted to become a Republic in 1931 and its royal family went into exile. But, outside its major cities, life in rural Spain was still feudal, entirely controlled by the army, the catholic church and a handful of phenomenally wealthy landlords. Then, in February 1936, a […]