Viajes en el Mediterráneo antiguo

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?...

Prólogo de Javier Tusell. ¿Por qué el control político de la transición en España estuvo en manos de personas procedentes de la dictadura? La explicación a este hecho, que distancia el caso español de lo sucedido en las transiciones de Portugal, Grecia, Argentina o Chile, no sólo se encuentra en la debilidad y división de la oposición al franquismo, sino sobre todo en los conflictos habidos entre el personal político del régimen respecto a la institucionalización del mismo y al proyecto que debía realizarse una vez muerto Franco. No hubo un diseño de la transición desde el...

This engaging and fascinating book delves into a topic that has rarely been studied: travel in the medieval world. Presenting a cast of (usually moneyed) characters who traveled for religious or political reasons, or purely out of a desire for knowledge, adventure, or entertainment, this examination lays the stale concept of the medieval man as a static individual to rest. Este libro ameno y fascinante se enfoca sobre un tema poco estudiado: el viaje en el mundo medieval. Presentando un reparto de personajes frecuentemente adinerados que viajaban por razones religiosas o políticas, o por un...

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