Pablo Iglesias

This work summarizes in a precise and thorough manner the life of the man who founded the PSOE and the UGT and who, according to the words of his adversaries, contributed to elevate the quality of life of the average worker in Spain. This book recounts the less known aspects of the life of Pablo Iglesias Posse: his childhood marked by poverty; the death of his brother from tuberculosis; and how he saw his mother beg for money on the street.It also recounts his youth, his intellectual development, and, of course, all of his difficult adult life in which he faced arrests, trials, incarceration, and hunger. Gustavo Vidal has created a historical reconstruction of the events surrounding Pablo Iglesias's life: the Glorious Revolution of Spain, the 1st Republic, the Restoration, the period of the political parties...