Historia de la Enfermería

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

Obra clásica que constituye una herramienta imprescindible para cualquier persona que aborde el estudio del Renacimiento italiano y el paso de la Edad Media a la Moderna. Se acompaña de un estudio introductorio de Fernando Bouza.

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

En esta extraordinaria obra, será el propio Camino de Santiago quien nos relate su conformación a lo largo de los siglos. Asistiremos a sus primeros balbuceos, cuando no era más que una ruta plagada de peligros que realizaban unos pocos elegidos para rendir tributo a los restos del apóstol Santiago, y comprobaremos cómo la ruta jacobea se convirtió en un referente para multitud de peregrinos llegados de diferentes partes de Europa, dando lugar a un rosario de urbes nacidas y desarrolladas en torno a un acontecimiento que tiene ya carácter universal.