Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Antony Beevor

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for
democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following
his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia.
Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and
clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical
betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of
Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men and women he fought
alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet
wound and the vicious treachery of his supposed allies.

A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia includes an introduction by Julian Symons.