Historia de Mexico Vol. II

En 1808, la República de Colombia aún no existía. En su lugar se encontraba el Virreinato de la Nueva Granada, que era una colonia de España y no un Estado independiente. La Nueva Granada definitivamente no era la joya de la Corona española; los funcionarios metropolitanos la consideraban un elemento de segunda categoría dentro del imperio ibérico. Desde el punto de vista de la monarquía, la importancia de Nueva Granada alguna vez había recaído en el oro que se encontraba en los arroyos de las provincias de Popayán, Chocó y Antioquia, oro que en los siglos anteriores había...

Las guerras napoleónicas, que tuvieron lugar entre 1803 y 1815, fueron encabezadas por el mejor táctico y estratega militar de Francia, el general Napoleón Bonaparte.

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...

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...