Between February and June 1874, the Carlists, as they did in 1835 under the command of Zumalacarregui, besieged Bilbao. During those months, the remains of howitzers, the military songs and news from the front became an innocent game for young Unamuno. Years later, Unamuno spent more than a decade building his memories, remnants of articles, passages from books and oral testimonies collected during his life in his most singular work: Peace in war. In it, boasting of not having invented a single detail, the author gave us what was to call both a historical novel as a novelized story. The history of the Basque Carlist insurrection and the inner-history of people who either in one or the other side of the front suffered the hardships of war. Tossed over the decades by historians with a thirst for politics, is now rescued with a superb foreword by Miguel Sanchez-Ostiz and meticulous editing, which includes prints and drawings at the time. Thus, in this reading free of prejudice, as Unamuno did, we reaffirm: "This is not a novel, this is a village." Bindging hardback
