Portrait of an Unknown Man
Subtitle: Manuel Azaña and Modern Spain
By: Cipriano de Rivas Cherif ; translated and edited by Paul Stewart ; with an introduction by Enrique de Rivas.
Contributors: Stewart, Paul, 1929-; Rivas, Enrique de, 1931-
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Madison, New Jersey; London; Cranbury, New Jersey
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Translation of: Retrato de un desconocido
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780838635841
Subjects: Azaña, Manuel, 1880-1940.; Presidents -- Spain -- Biography.; Spain -- Politics and government -- 1931-1939.
Description: Originally published by the Mexican publisher Oasis in 1961 and later, in 1980, by the Spanish publisher Grijalbo, Retrato de un desconocido: Vida de Manuel Azaña is the most complete and ambitious biography of the last president of the Spanish Republic. While it is true that its author, Cipriano Rivas Cherif, Azaña's brother-in-law, offers a vision of the character forged from admiration and affection, no one had better access to the daily life and existing documentation on one of the most cultured and least known politicians in the history of Spain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.