Novels set during Spanish Civil War or America pre-independance?

[arcanesjonathan]

I recently read Winter in Madrid by CJ Samson, and found an interest in the Spanish Civil war and the aftermath of it. I was wondering if anyone could recommend novels that are set during the years of the Spanish Civil War? Alternatively, could anyone reccomend a novel set in America either before the war of independance or during it?
Any help is very much appreciated.

[Glenn F]

not sure if they'res a novel for it but I watched Goya's Ghosts and found it very enjoyable- that spaniard that won the oscar the other day's in it

[airbob61@verizon.net]

For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway.

[Scanz]

Jeff Sharra has written a number of historical fictions about American wars. Check for "Rise to Rebellion" and "The Glorious Cause" about the American Revolution. I don't think he's written any about the Spanish Civil war, but there are a number of others. His father, Michael Sharra, wrote an excellent book about the battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War also called, "The Killer Angels."

[ncaachamp]

Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a classic from the Spanish Civil War. Written after the author spent time in country during the conflict as a medic.

[Trout Daddy]

Try Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard. It's set during the Spanish American war, but its a great book and much lighter than For Whom the Bell Tolls.

[deble_2000]

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War by Antony Beevor

Soldiers of Salamis: A Novel by Javier Cercas

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

And No Man's Wit by Rose Macaulay

The Carpentar's Pencil : A Novel of the Spanish Civil War by Manuel Rivas

[janus]

Airbobi 61 Pipped me with For whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hermingway.


So ,The Last of the Mohicans ,By James Fenimore Cooper.

[Chantal G]

Try 'Spirit of the Border' by Zane Grey. I believe it's set in pre-Revolutionary America, and I enjoyed it a lot.