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Barcelona and Real Madrid: two of the most powerful and popular clubs in world football, and one of the world's most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the boundaries of just sport alone, this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life, taking in politics and culture and splitting a country in two. El Clasico gets to the heart of that rivalry, investigating the intrigue, the larger-than-life characters, the key flashpoints and their consequences. From civil war bloodshed to 40 years of fascism and links with General Franco, the clubs' shared history is the stuff of a Robert Harris…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2012A. & C. Black · 244 pages · 9781408158791
HistorySports rivalriesSoccerFutbol Club BarcelonaReal Madrid Club de FútbolSoccer, historySports, europe