Juan Carlos: A People's King
Juan Carlos: A People's King
Paul Preston
Harper Collins, 2004
ISBN: 0002556324
Prince Juan Carlos of Spain was born in Rome in 1938. Spain was effectively a monarchy without a King, and the last sovereign, his grandfather Alfonso XIII, had had to leave the country in 1931, taking the family into exile with him.
He was declared the successor of General Franco, Dictator of Spain, to become head of state after the latter's death. When Franco die...
