La guerra persistente

Esta obra constituye una verdadera revelación de una figura menospreciada durante doscientos años por la historiografía española, la de la tercera esposa de Fernando VII, María Josefa Amalia de Sajonia. En esta aparente «novela epistolar», la joven reina se nos muestra muy alejada de la imagen de beata reaccionaria, sumisa e insignificante con la que, de manera interesada, suele ser etiquetada, para ofrecernos aspectos íntimos de su vida familiar y política en el período de 1821-1822. La primera reina constitucional se nos aparece como una verdadera intelectual, culta y refinada...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Este libro es el primer estudio sobre Don Juan O’Brien, uno de los personajes irlandeses más relevantes para la historia de las independencias sudamericanas. O’Brien, oriundo de Baltinglass, Irlanda, arribó a Buenos Aires a principios del siglo XIX atraído por el floreciente comercio textil entre ambos continentes. Al poco tiempo se vio envuelto en las batallas contra el dominio español, siendo parte de los ejércitos libertadores de la región. Participó en las independencias de Argentina, Chile, Perú y Uruguay, relacionándose con los generales más famosos de ese período: José...