Paul Preston

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Paul Preston, 2004

Paul Preston CBE (born July 21, 1946 in Liverpool ) is a British historian who is best known for his publications on Spanish history in the 20th century.

Life

Paul Preston studied at Oriel College , Oxford and the University of Reading . After receiving his doctorate, he taught as a lecturer in Reading, then at Queen Mary College in London. In 1991 he was appointed professor of international history at the London School of Economics .

Preston has published numerous papers on Spanish history, particularly the Spanish Civil War, in English, Spanish and Catalan. His biographies of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco , the King Juan Carlos I and the communist leader Santiago Carrillo achieved high editions.

honors and awards

Works

  • The last Stalinist. The life of Santiago Carrillo , William Collins, London 2014, ISBN 9780007558407 .
  • The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain . London, 2012, HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0002556347 .
  • We Saw Spain Die: Foreign Correspondents in the Spanish Civil War . London, 2008. Constable and Robinson. ISBN 978-1845299460 .
  • The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge . London, 2006, Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-00-723207-9 .
  • Juan Carlos: A People's King . London, 2004, HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-255632-3 .
  • Doves of War: Four Women of Spain . London, 2002, Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-255633-0 .
  • Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939 . Routledge, 2001. ISBN 978-0-415-09894-6 .
  • Comrades! Portraits from the Spanish Civil War . London, 1999, HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-255635-9 .
  • (Ed. With Sebastian Balfour ): Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century. Routledge, London / New York 1999. ISBN 978-0415180788 .
  • (Ed. With Ann Mackenzie): The Republic besieged. Civil War in Spain 1936–1939. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1996. ISBN 978-0748608683 .
  • Franco: A biography . London, 1995, Fontana Press. ISBN 978-0-00-686210-9 .
  • Spain: The struggle for democracy , Daedalus Verlag, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1987, ISBN 3-89126-023-7 . Original edition: The Triumph of Democracy in Spain . Methuen, London / New York, 1986. ISBN 9780416363500 .
  • The Coming of the Spanish Civil War: Reform, Reaction and Revolution in the Second Republic 1931-1936 . London, 1978, Macmillan.
  • Spain in Crisis: Evolution and Decline of the Franco Regime . London, 1976, Branch Line.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Preston obtiene el Premio Internacional Ramon Llull , in: El Pais, March 18, 2005
  2. ^ ACN: La Fundació Lluís Carulla atorga el Premi d'Honor a l'historiador Paul Preston . In: Vilaweb , November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2013. 
personal data
SURNAME Preston, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool