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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...

Almas Atormentadas by John A. Fatherly John A. Fatherley de Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA, es nativo de Darien, Connecticut. Tiene grado académico de Cornell University College of Agriculture (B.S.) y la University of Chicago (M.A.T.). Miembro del Centro Presidencial Rutherford B. Hayes de Fremont, Ohio. Miembro de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Taraija, Bolivia. Libros escritos: Escribió 13 libros sobre historia y biografías, de los cuales cuatro en español, tratan de la historia de Latinoamérica, como son: Revelaciones y Reflexiones (Laudo Hayes – 1878), Almas Atormentadas (La...

Una dictadura de cuarenta años no podía prescindir de la felicidad de sus protagonistas; ni siquiera de parte de sus potenciales antagonistas. La obviedad se olvida a menudo y algunos historiadores de la ficción tienden a subrayar la negrura de la época hasta lo caricaturesco. Ajustan así las cuentas con un pasado que rechazan. Mientras tanto, otros colegas, habitualmente más jóvenes y con tendencia al revisionismo para singularizar sus análisis, observan en la misma realidad brotes verdes, gracias a un optimismo digno de mejor causa. El equilibrio entre ambas posturas tal vez pase...

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