This is a standard general history of Spain, by a sympathetic English historian, between the emergence of modern nationalism as a result of the Napoleonic invasion, and the fall of the Second Republic. ( )

2367 Spain 1808-1939, by Raymond Carr (read 12 Mar 1991) This magisterial 1966 book is really worth reading and having done so it makes me feel I understand recent Spanish history much better. I confess some chapters, dealing with much I knew little about, drug, but from 1923 on all seemed immediate and revealing. Even the earlier time cast much light on Franco and his era. I thought this book excellent even though it often assumed one knew what had happened and spent its time talking about it rather than telling about it. ( )