Historia de Bogota

The complexity of a country in which violence and internal armed-conflict coexist with enormous cultural, natural, and human riches is captured in this illuminating essay by Colombian poet William Ospina. The accompanying photographs—all previously unpublished—are taken by some of Colombia's best photographers, and each in its own way sheds light on the possibility of a future in which the nation may become reconciled with itself. Esta colección de textos del célebre escritor colombiano William Ospina es un retrato de matices, buenos y malos, escrito de manera crítica pero certera...

Michael Jacobs, nacido en Italia en 1952, es un escritor de viajes e historiador del arte inglés, afincado en el pueblo jienense de Frailes desde 1999. Actualmente es uno de los hispanistas más renombrados de su generación y ha sido tildado como "el George Borrow de la era de la alta velocidad". Es autor de libros de viajes y sobre arte y, además de este De la Alhambra a Tombuctú, su primer libro vertido al español, ha publicado sobre España Andalucia (Penguin Books, 1990), Between hopes and memories. A spanish journey (Picador, 1994) y The factory of light (John Murray, 2003),...

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¿Cómo y por qué se escribe un libro de historia? En este volumen, dieciséis destacados historiadores nos abren sus "talleres". Sus ensayos, además de elucidar importantes problemas del pasado, nos revelan los métodos de investigación del historiador moderno.