Elena Holmberg. La mujer que sabía demasiado

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En Hispania fueron necesarios dos siglos de lucha sin cuartel para doblegar el ánimo belicoso e inquebrantable de íberos, celtíberos, lusitanos, cántabros. El autor busca resucitar a los héroes legendarios- el estratega Aníbal, el guerrero Viriato, el carismático líder Escipión, el incomparable genio Julio César, los andaluces Trajano y Séneca, emperador y maestro de emperadores. Todos ellos protagonistas de la epopeya que culminó con la Pax Romana, que alcanzó todas las orillas del Mediterráneo gracias a Octavio Augusto.

La Enciclopedia Espasa comenzó a publicarse en 1906. Sus 70 tomos, de unas 1500 páginas cada uno, abarcaban millones de artículos, cientos de miles de ilustraciones y una bibliografía inconmensurable; una magnitud tan desbordante que hizo proverbial la frase "si no está en la Espasa, es que no existe". Este libro abarca una mínima parte de sus contenidos, pero ayuda a comprenderla en toda su extensión. Las entradas, agrupadas por bloques temáticos, representan lo más llamativo, curioso y pintoresco de aspectos relativos a las creencias, supersticiones, usos sociales, política, sexo, ...