Spain Bio25 from flowers to birds and

from flowers to birds and rivers to stars

glacial valleys

charismatic woman

in which the British led the field in 1945 but then abandoned

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

Spain Bio25 from flowers to birds andAn incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond Comprehensive and engaging.Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Spains transition to democracy after Francos long dictatorship was widely hailed as a success, ushering in three decades of unprecedented progress and prosperity. Yet over the past decade its political consensus has been under severe strain. A stable two party system has splintered, with