A Spanish Affair by John Masters
Originally published as 'Fandango Rock'.
Spain has been plunged into a brutal Civil War.
César de Aguirre, an enigmatic bullfighter, known in the ring as El Rondeño de Aragon, is a proud Spanish nationalist.
So his feelings are conflicted when he meets the headstrong and attractive American, Kit Fremantle.
He stands for the very soul of his country, she for the free heart of America.
Kit is staying with her father, who is tasked with improving the increasingly tense relationship between the Americans and the Spanish locals.
Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914-1983) was an English officer in the Indian Army who fought in World War Two, and later a novelist. His works are noted for their descriptions of the British Empire in India. They include `Thunder at Sunset', `Man of War', and `Far, Far, the Mountain Peak'. [and of course Bhowani Junction].
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