La gestión del poder

Fernando VII (1784-1833) ha sido considerado uno de los monarcas más nefastos de la historia de España, tanto por su carácter, muy influenciable, determinado por su doblez y desconfianza hacia todo y hacia todos, como por sus actuaciones. Autoritario y cruel, ejerció un acusado poder personal y reprimió toda disidencia. Entre otras consecuencias, ello supuso la pérdida de casi la totalidad de las colonias americanas y el declive de España como potencia internacional. Basado en múltiples fuentes y documentos, en los relatos de la época y en las interpretaciones de la historiografía...

"La guerra es un asunto demasiado serio como para dejarlo en manos de los militares." Georges Clemenceau

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...

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