'The best fictional report of the Spanish Civil War that we possess' Anthony Burgess


'The best fictional report of the Spanish Civil War that we possess' Anthony Burgess

High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels...

**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**