Frida Stewart (m. Knight) wrote Firing a Shot for Freedom in the 1940s when her experiences in Spain's civil war and passionate belief in the Republican cause were very recent memories, fresh with hope, raw with regret. Vividly capturing the spirit of the times in each chapter, her escape from an internment camp in France during the Second World War, helped by the French Resistance, is described with a particularly tense detailed recall. Frida's own developing political feelings are placed within a rich historical context, mapping out the path she took from her roots in the philanthropic traditions found in drawing-rooms of the Cambridge intelligentsia to her arrival at a steadfast commitment to the ideals of socialism. The Afterword is based Angela Jackson's oral history interviews with Frida, together with material from her extensive collection of personal papers. It explores the fifty years Frida spent campaigning for causes after the memoirs end and offers insights into her indomitable character.

Firing a Shot for Freedom: The Memoirs of Frida Stewart

Biographies & Memoirs

Stewart, Frida

Community & Culture

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During the Spanish Civil War, Arturo and Ilsa Barea worked for the Republic's Press and Censorship office, operating from the Telefónica building in Madrid - the capital's first tower block, located in the Gran Vía, and notoriously the prime target for shellfire from Franco's insurgent army.\nAfter the civil war, Arturo and Ilsa sought refuge in the UK, where he broadcast weekly bulletins to Latin America for the BBC World Service. He also produced a trilogy of autobiographical novels, collectively known as The Forging of a Rebel, translated into English by Isla.\nStruggle for the Spanish Soul, an essay on contemporary Spain in which he asserted the imperative for the democracies of Europe to unseat Franco, was published in 1941. Spain in the Post-War World, published by the Fabian Society in 1945, made similar arguments, which also fell on deaf ears. Together, the two essays present a fascinating insight into why the Spanish Civil War was lost and a horrific picture of the early years of the dictatorship, which was to endure until Franco's death in 1975.

Struggle for the Spanish Soul & Spain in the Post-War World

History

Barea, Arturo

Barea, Ilsa

Europe

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