A Reluctant Volunteer: Spain to LeBasque 1938-1941

One of his many lovers described Max Schilling: "despite his age, he was a daring child. Frivolous and Chauvinistic." But there were many more things that one could use in describing Schilling. He lived by himself in a spacious Marseilles apartment on a monthly annuity that came from a mysterious benefactor. He had an English public-school education yet he was not English. His nationality was hidden behind a foraged American passport. He spoke French, German, and English (with an American a...