"e;Ni memoires ni journal intime, son autobiographie, en neuf recits, constitue une entreprise unique et folle : ecrire sans affabulation, a mesure qu'elle se deroule et sur plus de quarante annees, les annales de son existence individuelle, pour y reconnaitre tous les themes de la destinee universelle.
TRANSGREDIO LAS REGLAS, VIVIO EN PLENITUDCristina de Suecia, reina prodigio del siglo XVII, fue juzgada mas por su genero que por sus decisiones: llamada excentrica, desobediente y antifemenina , su independencia y erudicion escandalizaron cortes y cronistas.
El coraje de una mujer que desafio al nazismo para salvar miles de vidasIrena Sendler, una figura clave y poco conocida del Holocausto, arriesgo todo por un principio: la justicia.
Francoise Legrand, musicienne eclectique, cheffe d'orchestre engagee et passionnee, a su conjuguer exigence artistique et humanisme durant sa carriere.
Der Klassiker unter den Dickens-Biographien:Forsters Biographie in drei Banden erschien kurz nach Charles Dickens' Tod im Jahre 1870 und wurde schnell zu einem Standardwerk.
HUMILDE DE CONCUBINA, BRILLO COMO EMPERATRIZTeodora, emperatriz bizantina del siglo VI, fue retratada por la historia como manipuladora y ambiciosa, reducida a escandalo y seduccion.
NO CALLO NI ANTES EL REYDescubre la apasionante vida de Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, la celebre princesa de Eboli, conocida por su iconico parche en el ojo y por ser una de las figuras mas influyentes de la corte de Felipe II.
Scholarship has come to value the uncertainties haunting early modern knowledge cultures; indeed, awareness of the fragility and plurality of knowledge is now offered as a key element for understanding early modern science as a whole.
Scholarship has come to value the uncertainties haunting early modern knowledge cultures; indeed, awareness of the fragility and plurality of knowledge is now offered as a key element for understanding early modern science as a whole.
Interviews with novelist Harry Crews about his life, work, and writing craftIn these 26 interviews conducted between 1972 and 1997, novelist Harry Crews tells the truthabout why and how he writes, about the literary influences on his own work, about the writers he admires (or does not), about which of his own books he likes (or does not), about his fascination with so-called freaks.
The roles of popes, saints, and crusaders were inextricably intertwined in the Middle Ages: papal administration was fundamental in the making and promulgating of new saints and in financing crusades, while crusaders used saints as propaganda to back up the authority of popes, and even occasionally ended up being sanctified themselves.
The roles of popes, saints, and crusaders were inextricably intertwined in the Middle Ages: papal administration was fundamental in the making and promulgating of new saints and in financing crusades, while crusaders used saints as propaganda to back up the authority of popes, and even occasionally ended up being sanctified themselves.
El profesor Jose Luis Villacanas Berlanga indaga en este libro en la vida y obra del escritor y diplomatico Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, testigo excepcional de un momento decisivo en la historia de Espana caracterizado por los conflictos belicos en Europa y el declive de la casa de Austria.
