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Manuel Fernández Álvarez narra y describe, con su personal y amena prosa, la vida y obra de Miguel de Cervantes, a la vez que desarrolla todos los acontecimientos de la época, período en el que es experto el autor. Manuel Fernández Álvarez es profesor emérito de la Universidad de Salamanca y académico de número de la Real Academia de la Historia.Otras obras publicadas por el autor: Carlos V, el césar y el hombre; Felipe II y su tiempo; Jovellanos, el patriota; Juana la Loca, la cautiva de Tordesillas; El fraile y la Inquisición; Casadas, monjas, rameras y brujas; Corpus documental...

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Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...

Una fotografía hizo a Macchu Picchu famoso y ayudó a transformar el lugar en lo que la autora llama una "ciudad perdida descubierta", una utopía andina encontrada. Desde entonces el lugar no ha sido el mismo. El libro trata sobre el ejercicio de ver y el papel que jugaron las tecnologías de visualización para moldear el conocimiento sobre las naciones, los pueblos y el pasado convertido en patrimonio nacional. Hiram Bingham y las tres expediciones de Yale (1911, 1912, 1914-1915) presentaron a Macchu Picchu y al Perú ante el mundo, modelando su imagen muchos siglos después de que lo...