'The best fictional report of the Spanish Civil War that we possess' Anthony Burgess **AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT** 'The best fictional report of the Spanish Civil War that we possess' Anthony Burgess High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels... **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**