"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead."

American college instructor Robert Jordan leaves his life in America behind to fight alongside the Republican forces in Spain. As an explosives expert, he is assigned to blow up a bridge to stop the advance of the Fascist forces, with the help of a band of guerrilleros. But do Robert Jordan and his compatriots truly believe in the cause? Or are they fighting for a lost cause?

Often called one of the best war novels of all time, For Whom the Bell Tolls was inspired by the author's own experiences as a correspondent during the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway doesn't shy away from depicting the gruesome reality of war, yet there is also love, loyalty and courage even in the face of certain death.

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