Paisajes rituales y culturales desde la arqueología y la etnohistoria:

Descubre la historia real de los gladiadores romanos y de sus luchas sangrientas. Todos los detalles sobre los violentos espectáculos que entretenían al pueblo romano.

“Una original novela histórica que afronta con maestría, lingüística y estilística, las intrincadas vicisitudes de la Corte francesa. Con extrema credibilidad cobran vida las dinámicas de palacio sin que nada sea omitido u otorgado a la casualidad. Una escritura coherente y adaptada al contexto de la narración acompaña al lector, de manera apasionante y nunca aburrida, gracias al dinamismo y al ritmo apremiante conferidos por los diálogos, en un placentero recorrido de experiencias. Intrigas, juegos de poder, mentiras, revelaciones, envidias, pasión e inteligencia son la flor del...

From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

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...