An Account of the Conquest of Peru

"En una isla cerrada con aviso, ¿quiénes, si no los diplomáticos extranjeros, iban a echarles una mano a aquellos que aún se sienten hostigados por esa suerte de Gran Hermano llamado Estado o Revolución? Las proezas de esos diplomáticos, narradas en este volumen imprescindible, rico en vivencias y valentías, reflejan la capacidad del ser humano de ponerse en los zapatos de los otros en el afán de ayudarlos, aunque hablen otra lengua, profesen otra religión o sean de otro color." Del Prólogo de Jorge Elías

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Pierre de la Forêt es un soldado de fortuna, que tras ser herido en el campo de batalla llega a ser cirujano militar. En su odisea personal nos va desvelando la grandeza de su maestro, Ambroise Paré, el genial hombre del Renacimiento, padre de la actual cirugía y coetáneo de Andrea Vesalio, médico de Felipe II, con el que tuvo una interesante consulta médica a la cabecera del agonizante Enrique II. Como telón de fondo, se desarrolla la atormentada Francia del siglo XVI, con Catalina de Médicis a la cabeza y todos sus hijos. A todos los vio reinar, aunque se podría decir que fue ella...