La empresa de china

En este libro, Fernando García de Cortázar propone un emocionante recorrido por la historia del mundo a través de los ojos de un niño, guiado por seis grandes personajes históricos: Heródoto, Ibn Jaldún, Leonardo da Vinci, Montesquieu, Joseph Conrad y Stefan Zweig. De la mano de estos inigualables maestros, el niño asiste fascinado al nacimiento y progreso de la civilización, aventura que él vive con la emoción de una buena película. La ilustración corre a cargo de Jvlivs (Mi primer Quijote, Pequeña historia de España), que con su inconfundible estilo gráfico aporta a la obra...

Conquistar el mundo quizá sea más fácil que conquistar la posteridad. Napoleón, que acarició lo primero, ha conseguido sobradamente lo segundo. Seductor como un encantador de serpientes, cruel tirano y, a la vez, heraldo del mensaje liberador de la Revolución Francesa, genio militar y visionario, su figura ha fascinado a partidarios y detractores por igual. Empezando por sus contemporáneos, como Balzac, quien realizó esta concisa y meticulosa antología de sus máximas y pensamientos sin eludir las aristas más afiladas del pequeño cabo que llegó a emperador. Balzac y Napoleón: dos ...

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