Until the curtain falls by David Ebsworth- review

Until the curtain falls - David Ebsworth 

Jack Telford is an English journalist who has got himself in some trouble. Franco's soldiers are looking for him, the Russians are after him and even the British want him.  He killed a ‘colleague’ and, instead of making up a believable story about what happened, he decides to go on the run and to assassinate General Franco.

This is a complex story mixing factual elements of the Spanish Civil War, the lies, truths, politics of socialism,  the people of Spain and the many horrors of the prison camps.

The author, David Ebsworth is a brilliant story teller, he describes the people and areas of Spain so well, you feel you know them. I learnt a lot about the Spanish civil war and those that were part of it.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and parts reminded me of George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia. 

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher and NetGalley in return for an honest review