Momias

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Obra modélica en la que una exhaustiva investigación, propia de la historiografía británica, se enriquece con la visión de conjunto propia de la ficción novelesca para narrar aquella única vez en la historia en que los esclavos negros se liberaron por sí solos, intentando implantar lo ideales ilustrados y combatiendo a Napoleón. Su protagonista, Toussaint L Overture, está tratado como un personaje de novela. Publicado en 1938, este es ya un clásico cuya influencia puede verse tanto en El reino de este mundo de Carpentier, como en la lucha sudafricana en contra del apartheid.

Martin Diaz Tamayo (1904-1995) was an illiterate peasant from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, who joined the Cuban army at the age of sixteen and rose to the rank of major general.

Reflecting on the daily life of people in history, this series examines the culture of ancient civilizations and their time in history. They provide the reader with a glimpse of how each culture lived, worked, related to one another, and worshipped, as well as the eccentricities and peculiarities for which they are well known. Reflejando la vida cotidiana de la gente común, esta colección examina las culturas civilizaciones antiguas y su lugar en la historia. Ofrecen un compendio sobre las tareas diarias, la organización familiar y la práctica de la religión, así como las...