Downfall of a King Juan Carlos of Spain
Downfall of a King Juan Carlos of Spain | 25.55 MB
Title: Downfall of a King Juan Carlos of Spain
Author: Paul Preston
Category: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Biography & Memoir, History
Language: English | 544 Pages | ISBN: 9780008741129
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A riveting and deeply researched account of King Juan Carlos's epic fall from grace. Paul Preston, the preeminent historian of modern Spain, here lays bare the complex web of financial and sexual excess that led to the hero's vertiginous downfall. For decades, King Carlos was immensely popular in Spain and much beloved – in part because of his courageous defence of Spanish democracy after Franco's death. However, his secrets' gradual exposure e was detonated in April 2012 by his appearance on television cameras as he left a Madrid hospital. An astonished nation heard him make a declaration unprecedented from the lips of any Spanish Head of State, royal or rlican: 'I am very sorry. I have made a mistake and it will not happen again'. Revelations that he had been badly injured while elephant hunting in Botswana accompanied by a woman who was not his wife opened the floodgates to prurient research into his marital infidelities. From there, it was a short step to journalistic,...
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A riveting and deeply researched account of King Juan Carlos's epic fall from grace. Paul Preston, the preeminent historian of modern Spain, here lays bare the complex web of financial and sexual excess that led to the hero's vertiginous downfall. For decades, King Carlos was immensely popular in Spain and much beloved – in part because of his courageous defence of Spanish democracy after Franco's death. However, his secrets' gradual exposure e was detonated in April 2012 by his appearance on television cameras as he left a Madrid hospital. An astonished nation heard him make a declaration unprecedented from the lips of any Spanish Head of State, royal or rlican: 'I am very sorry. I have made a mistake and it will not happen again'. Revelations that he had been badly injured while elephant hunting in Botswana accompanied by a woman who was not his wife opened the floodgates to prurient research into his marital infidelities. From there, it was a short step to journalistic,...
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