Rasgando el velo de Isis (*)

Una perspectiva radicalmente distinta, original e innovadora de la compleja trama de la Guerra Civil española. Paul Preston, probablemente el más importante hispanista de la actualidad, ofrece en este ensayo una perspectiva completamente innovadora de la guerra civil española a partir de las biografías de los personajes que marcaron con su paso el devenir de todos, como José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Manuel Azaña y Francisco Franco. Descifra así un país distinto, la tercera España, que, con el paso del tiempo, desembocaría en la España democrática de hoy, y rompe con el tópico de...

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Durante siglos viajeros de todas las culturas se han quedado maravillados por esta belleza sin edad. El norteamericano Washington Irving, prototipo de historiador romántico, inicia un viaje por tierras andaluzas que le llevará a instalarse en Granada. Allí empezará a trazar un paisaje de la Granada de la época, sus gentes, sus calles, sus costumbres, etc, que será plasmado en los cuentos y leyendas que existen en torno a la Alhambra y a su pasado hispanomusulmán. Un viaje por el pasado de una ciudad pintoresca y plural: comunidad judía, aroma musulmán y presencia cristiana.