

For the Spanish loyalists - who were supported by Russia and Mexico as well as the International Brigades of civilians from Europe and the Americas - the Spanish Civil War was a gallant stand against fascism.

There's something romantic about biographer Amanda Vaill's device of making the Hotel Florida in Madrid the hub of her new book about the Spanish Civil War, called Hotel Florida but, then again, there's always been something romantic about the Spanish Civil War itself. Your purchase helps support NPR programming.

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