MOMENT OF WAR (PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS) (PB)

The powerful and harrowing final book in Laurie Lee's acclaimed trilogy of memoirs that began with Cider with Rosie. As a young man, Laurie Lee resolved to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. Though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. Imprisoned and almost executed by his own side, he eventually joined the International Brigade. This is the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier, fighting for the losing side in a doomed war.