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The Gold of Madrid Part One: The Secret Journey of Spain's Greatest Treasure A Historical Novel

The Gold of Madrid Part One: The Secret Journey of Spain's Greatest Treasure A Historical Novel

Gago Fernández, Prof Manuel

Paperback

Series: Hidden Chapters of History, Book 4

General Political Science

ISBN13: 9798187653508
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 16 2026
Pages: 620
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Spain, 1936.

A military rebellion has divided the country. Armies are advancing towards Madrid, foreign powers are choosing sides and the survival of the Spanish Republic may depend upon the treasure hidden beneath the Banco de España.

Inside its guarded vaults lies one of the largest gold reserves in the world: hundreds of tonnes of coins and bullion accumulated across generations. As the capital becomes increasingly vulnerable, Republican officials face a decision whose consequences will outlive the war itself.

Should the gold remain in Madrid, where it could be captured, seized or destroyed?

Or should it be removed in secrecy and entrusted to a foreign power?

THE GOLD OF MADRID - PART ONE follows the extraordinary operation that moved Spain's greatest financial asset from the underground chambers of the national bank to the naval installations of Cartagena.

Government orders are issued behind closed doors. Thousands of cases are packed and counted. Guarded railway convoys travel through a country at war. The treasure is concealed inside military tunnels before being loaded aboard Soviet merchant vessels and carried across the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

From Madrid to Cartagena, from Cartagena to Odessa and from Odessa to Moscow, every stage introduces a new danger: political rivalry, administrative confusion, enemy intelligence, mechanical failure, foreign intervention and the permanent loss of direct Spanish control.

Written as a documentary historical novel and grounded in the surviving archival record, this first volume recreates the decisions, institutions and logistical operations surrounding one of the most controversial financial transfers of the twentieth century.

It is the story of a government trying to save a national reserve.

It is the story of a treasure transformed into an instrument of survival.

It is the story of the moment when Spain's gold left Spain.

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