being completely at Franco's mercy. Payne argues that Franco's policy was to simply eliminate the leaders and main activists of the Republicans while letting most of the rank and file go free. Awards and honours 2000 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours List Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) 2005 Ramon Llull International Prize 2006 Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize, shortlist, The Spanish Holocaust 2013 Honour Prize of the Lluís Carulla's Foundation 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List: Knighthood for services to UK/Spain relations. 2019 Honoris causa Doctorate in the University of Cantabria Bibliography As Editor References Informational notes Citations External links Publications by Paul Preston at LSE Research Online Paul Preston Interview on The Señales de Humo 1946 births Living people Academics from Liverpool Academics of the London School of Economics British historians British biographers Fellows of the British Academy British Hispanists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Historians of Spain People educated at St Edward's College Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Members of the Institute for Catalan Studies Knights Bachelor Historians of the Spanish Civil War Historians of Francoist Spain Historians of the Spanish transition to democracy History Today people