Republicanas

¡Quién hubiera podido decirle entonces al joven nacionalista Carlo Buonaparte, cuando luchaba en la montaña corsa por la independencia de su patria, al lado de Paoli, que aquel segundo fruto que Letizia Ramolino llevaba en su vientre, siguiendo a su marido por riscos y peñascos, iba un día a dominar Europa. Vino la derrota y con ella la reflexión; Carlo asentó la cabeza y, de regreso a Ajaccio, allí nacerán el resto de sus hijos. Y llegó aquella revolución venida de Francia, ya muerto el padre. La ambigüedad de los Buonaparte, acabó obligándolos a abandonar la isla, perseguidos...

El interés de esta obra se debe fundamentalmente a que sólo comprendiendo la evolución y significado del Estado romano -principalmente en la época del Imperio bizantino- podemos entender el sentido cultural de Occidente y, en buena medida, del Oriente. Este estudio se extiende desde la fundación de la nueva Roma en el siglo IV, hasta su conquista por los cruzados en 1204.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...