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| | Books | Ghosts of the civil war |
 | | Lorca was brought here on August 18 or 19, 1936, a month after the rightwing military rebellion that marked the opening of the Spanish civil war. |
 | | Lorca sought refuge with the Rosales family, who were prominent rightwing intellectuals, but they were not powerful enough to protect him from a local strongman, Ramón Ruíz Alonso, or the civil governor, José Valdés, who were jointly responsible for his arrest and execution. |
 | | Lorca's violent death, at just 38, made him one of the most famous victims of a civil war that divided the world and, 60 years later, still has the power to divide Spaniards. |
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