Fighting in Spain (Penguin Great Journeys)
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), much better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author, journalist and socialist. In December 1936,  Orwell went to Spain to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War against Francisco Franco's Nationalist uprising. He is best known for two novels written towards the end of his short life: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.