Mirrors and Echoes

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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?...

Atentados contra hogares, periódicos y monumentos sagrados; amenazas, agresiones, asesinatos, trasterramientos... El Tradicionalismo ha sido la opción política que más ha sufrido el terrorismo separatista. Pese a ello levantó una pequeña resistencia que nacía de lo más auténtico del pueblo vasco.

La bibliografía sobre la Guerra Civil española y la posguerra es abundante, sin embargo, la resistencia antifranquista, luchadores muchas veces anónimos, representa uno de los episodios menos documentados de la historia de España. Los trabajos existentes están dirigidos sobre todo a especialistas y faltaba una obra de referencia que manifestara cómo y quiénes eran estos guerrilleros y sus agrupaciones al tiempo que describiera la vida en la España de Franco, el impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el papel de las mujeres, el miedo, la violencia y muchas veces la desesperación en la...