La apasionante historia de uno de los grandes líderes de la Europa del Siglo XX. Un gran hombre de estado que combatió y venció en dos guerras mundiales, derrotó a Hitler y se enfrentó a Stalin. Una vida de novela que arranca en la época victoriana y termina en la de los Beatles.The passionate history of one of the greatest European leaders of the 20th century. A great statesman who fought and won in two world wars, he defeated Hitler and faced Stalin. A novel life that starts in the Victorian period and finished with the Beatles. José Vidal Pelaz López (Palencia, 1965) is a doctor of history and Professor of Contemporary history at the Faculty of philosophy at University of Valladolid. He has focused his research on the history of contemporary of the social communication and the political history of the modern world. Among other books, is the author of chieftains, Apostles and journalists. Media, power and society in Palencia (1898-1939), (2000), the State of the autonomies (2001), watch movies. Film audiences in the twentieth century (2002), History of the world today (2006), Castilla and León in democracy (2007) and several articles. Currently working on a research on the stage of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo's Government in the context of democratic transition.