Books by Stanley G. Payne, Jesús Palacios

3. Stanley G. Payne and Palacios, Franco: A Personal and Political Biography .  This is readable, reasonably comprehensive, and unlike many competing books shows clearly that Franco, whatever his flaws may have been, was no buffoon.  A useful corrective to the usual treatments, even if many readers will feel the authors go too far in their sympathies for Franco.