The writer will be at the UNED Classroom in Fraga on Wednesday, January 24th, at 17pm
"July 18th," by writer and historian Pedro Ciria, is the first novel to meticulously detail and remarkably suspensefully recount the dramatic 36 hours that transformed a tranquil city like Zaragoza into a powder keg. And at the heart of the storm, a young journalist from El Noticiero and a medical student are set to play a perilous role.
Book Synopsis: Friday, July 17th. News reaches Zaragoza of a military coup orchestrated in Africa that threatens to spread throughout the country. All eyes turn to the Plaza de Aragón: on one corner sits the military headquarters, the Captaincy building, with the aging General Miguel Cabanellas at its head; opposite, the civil power, with Governor Ángel Vera, who follows orders from Madrid and refuses to distribute weapons to the defenders of the Republic. In the streets, the fascists take up positions. These are decisive hours. The uncertainty is deadly. If action is not taken quickly, the coup will succeed.
