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Homage to Caledonia: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War First Edition
Author(s): Daniel Gray (Author)
- Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2008
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1906307644
- ISBN-13: 9781906307646
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Editorial Reviews
Review
Daniel Gray has written a deeply human history, moving and thought-provoking , not only of those 549 people, but of two nations Scotland and Spain battling with an evil that would soon darken the whole of Europe. –The Herald
Daniel Gray s title echoes the most influential eyewitness account of the conflict… Gray reflects on 70 years since the last of the International Brigade members left Spain, and addresses the disproportionate contribution of Scottish men and women to this extraordinary conflict. –Scotland on Sunday
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