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Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

Many books have been written about Juan Ponce de Leon. Many of them fall short because not enough research has been done on the man's life, his ancestors and who his legitimate wife was. The author has spent over ten years researching within the Ministry of Culture Spain to retrieve documents and has come away with some new and exciting discoveries. This book has been written for the historian as well as the amateur genealogist. John Browne Ayes is an experienced Biogeographical DNA Genealogist and Paleographologist. He has had his yDNA and mtDNA tested and has used the scientific results to...

Investigación periodística que reconstruye la desconocida historia de un grupo de jóvenes chilenos enviados a Bulgaria a fines de los setenta para convertirse en soldados de la revolución. Una impactante y exhaustiva investigación periodística ganadora del Premio Literario 2020 del Ministerio de las Culturas en la categoría Escrituras de la Memoria inédito, y que reconstruye la historia de un grupo de jóvenes enviados a Bulgaria a fines de los años setenta para convertirse en soldados de la revolución. Tras planificar y dirigir la fallida emboscada de aniquilamiento contra el...

Hitler y Chamberlain en Munich en 1938; Roosevelt, Churchill y Stalin en Yalta en 1945; Kennedy y Jruschov en Viena en 1961; Nixon y Bréznev en Moscú en 1972; Carter, Sadat y Begin en Camp David en 1978; Gorvachov y Reagan en Ginebra en 1985. Seis cumbres políticas que modelaron el siglo XX, desde el estallido de la segunda guerra mundial hasta el final de la guerra fría, pasando por la repartición de Europa en la posguerra, la extrema tensión nuclear entre las superpotencias que tuvo su punto álgido en la crisis de los misiles de Cuba, y los intentos de apaciguar el polvorín de...