On November 30, 1920, lawyer and politician Francesc Layret was assassinated on the doorstep of his home in Barcelona. On his way to defend detained labor leaders, he was ambushed by gunmen hired by employer associations—shot over twenty times, seven bullets proving fatal.
This gripping political thriller traces the final 48 hours of Layret’s life, uncovering a web of conspiracies led by Barcelona’s ruthless new civil governor, Severiano Martínez Anido. Backed by the deep state, Anido moves to crush the workers’ movement by silencing its leaders—Layret, Salvador Seguí, and Lluís Companys.
Set in a city torn by violence, nationalism, and rebellion, this is the story of a man who might have changed a nation—cut down before he had the chance