Secretos medievales

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?...

In recent years, no History of Spain has been published in a single volume that serves as a reading for the general public and, at the same time, as a manual for students. With the desire to seek the truth, this work appears in which the authors reflect on all the events in which Spain has starred.

Suma y narración de los incas, de Juan de Betanzos, narra de forma directa la historia de las culturas de los territorios andinos y también relata minuciosamente el encuentro con los españoles. Fue escrita en el Cuzco alrededor de 1551, muy poco después de haber sido conquistado el Imperio inca, a partir de los testimonios orales de ancianos que guardaban la memoria del pasado. Se considera que Suma y narración de los incas es una de las primeras obras de carácter indigenista. Juan de Betanzos se había casado con la esposa principal de Atahualpa, lo que le permitió relacionarse con...

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«En la escena del crimen» trasciende el género del True Crime para convertirse en una singular aproximación a la historia contemporánea de España a través de la recreación de algunos crímenes que dejaron impronta en la sociedad, la política legislativa y el acervo común. Con la implantación de los medios de comunicación en nuestro país a mediados del siglo XIX, la difusión de ciertos crímenes comunes sacudió a una opinión pública cada vez más ávida de noticias sensacionalistas: criminales y víctimas pasaron a tener nombre, apellidos y rostro. Con prólogo de Juan Rada...