In 1936, with civil war sweeping through Spain, Ethel Macdonald a working-class girl from Motherwell was to become, for a year, one of the worlds most famous voices. She was perhaps the first example of an embedded reporter, sending dispatches and broadcasts back from the Spanish Anarchist camp in Barcelona to the UK. But she made no pretence of impartiality or balance of opinion; she was a lifelong anarchist, utterly committed to her cause. This book unravels the extraordinary mystery of Ethel Macdonald and examines the unique impact that she had during this fascinating period of European history.