César Vidal Manzanares

César Vidal Manzanares, born 1958 in Madrid, is a Spanish radio host, historian and author. He has hosted the radio show La Linterna on Cadena COPE since 2004. A lawyer turned historian and then by request of his friend and host of La Mañana he became the host of La Linterna, currently is the second most popular radio show of Cadena COPE. He is known for the editorials at the beginning of the shows in which he links historical facts to current issues.

He is also known for his views on Radical Islam, Spanish Civil War and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's administration. In La Guerra que Ganó Franco, Checas de Madrid and Paracuellos-Katyn. El Genocidio de la Izquierda he explains his views of the conflicts which are at odds with the leading leftist approach of the war but which are shared by fellow conservatives like Pío Moa and Ricardo de la Cierva. He has claimed in his show that Islam and France are Spain's two main enemies throughout its history. In his book, Paracuellos-Katyn. El Genocidio de la Izquierda, he provides facts as well as an actual number of people murdered during the Spanish Civil War for practicing Catholicism.

His detractors, including Ian Gibson, accuse him of lack of rigor in his works, that often offer biased arguments. He has published more than 100 books. He also writes a column in La Razón, and used to publish his Misterios de la Historia in Libertad Digital. It is the December 23, 2015 due to the public Treasury Spanish €2,497,364.07.

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