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Durante más de tres siglos, el Ejército y la Armada de España mantuvieron una ardua lucha contra unos enemigos audaces e irreductibles, los moros de Filipinas, concentrados principalmente en las islas de Mindanao y de Joló. Fue una guerra despiadada, durante la cual, hasta sus últimas etapas, ni se concedía ni se recibía cuartel. Sus escenarios fueron mares inclementes y traidores, sembrados de arrecifes coralinos y de bancos de arena, en los que la simple navegación ya era una hazaña, más aún cuando estaban infestados de embarcaciones hostiles, cargadas de tripulaciones...

En este libro se aborda la problemática del conflicto, la resistencia y las negociaciones desde muy diferentes escenarios y grupos sociales: las relaciones familiares, el amor romántico y su rompimiento, los enfrentamientos étnicos, la educación, las servidoras domésticas o bien las "pelonas" que retaron a una sociedad masculina.

CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive militias, and form an insurgent government inside Cuban territory; from there on the novel embarks on a fast-paced, entertaining and suspenseful narrative. As the author says: "it could have made the difference". Readers, Cuban or not will enjoy this novel's creativity, action and profound...