Author: Madol, Hans Roger
Title: Godoy - The First Dictator Of Modern Times : The End Of The Old Spanish Empire
Description: Hurst & Blackett, 1934, 2nd impression. Cloth, G+. 288pp+16pp publishers advets, b/w frontis, 7 b/w plates, index, cloth faded particularly the spine, fore edges a little foxed which occasionally encroaches onto the page margins. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A biography of Manuel Godoy y Álvarez de Faria [ 1767 - 1851 ] who was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. A disasterous period for Spain, he remained in power through corruption & led Spain to war with Britain which culminated in a crushing defeat for Spain & her ally France at Trafalgar.

Keywords: spain, biography, spanish history, french history, british history, peninsular war, trafalgar