España en Perú (1796-1824)

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A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

Habiendo pasado cinco años cautivo en un castillo francés, Fernando VII regresó a España en 1814. Tras abolir la Constitución, disolver las Cortes y dar por nulo todo lo obrado por ellas, el monarca despachó una poderosa expedición a América con el objeto de poner punto final a los procesos revolucionarios del continente. Al mando de Pablo Morillo, el llamado Ejército Pacificador sitió exitosamente a Cartagena a finales de 1815 y aniquiló posteriormente en un suspiro la revolución en la totalidad del Nuevo Reino. A pesar de que el rápido desplome de las Provincias Unidas auguraba ...

Introducción, traducción y notas de J. García Blanco y P. Jiménez Gazapo. Revisada por L. A. de Cuenca.