Tears in the Ebro: A Novel Set in the Spanish Civil War

by Kelvin Hughes

Spain, July 1938 The Republican army crosses the River Ebro in a last, forlorn attempt to change the course of the Spanish Civil war. The British Brigade is one of the first units to cross with orders to take the town of Corbera de Ebro and then push through the Sierra Caballs towards Gandesa. A young Brigadista, Martin Strachan, son of the famous war poet Lyndon Strachan, is amongst their number. He is wounded in a skirmish and left for dead in an abandoned house where a local girl called Julia finds him and decides to nurse him back to health. At the beginning of September the Nationalists begin to push the Republicans back towards the Ebro and the war returns once more to the Sierra Caballs with tragic consequences for Martin and Julia.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 26, 2015

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful tale

The ending is a little cliché but heartwarming. A beautifully-written novel that I read in one go. Definitely recommend to any fan of Spain.

[JOHN KAYLOR · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than Fields of Aragon

Happy ending probably unlikely, but a nice touch anyway. Surprised that he survived at all, with poor food, equipment and the harsh reprisals meted out by the Nationalists to prisoners