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First published in its English translation in 1903, this memoir is composed from private journal entries of Gaspard Gourgaud as a result of his conversations with Napoleon I of France between June 1815 and March 1818, during the latter’s exile on St. Helena. Additionally, journal entries made by...

Much has been written about the life of Napoleon, whose actions dominated the beginning of the Nineteenth century; his campaigns have been charted in great detail as have his political manoeuvres; however, his life during his few quiet hours remained less well known - until the renowned Frédéric...

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empress of the French. Achieving the rank of first valet de chambre...

"Memorable fue el año…" Esta edición conveniente presenta dos obras de dos autores excelentes con el mismo título -- Guerra de Granada -- aunque cada autor escribe de una época distinta. La extensa obra de Palencia, traducida del latín original, narra los acontecimientos ligados a la reconquista...

""Juan Carlos de España" es la biografía humana y política del hombre que ha regido los destinos del país desde el final de la dictadura. Contestado por algunos en España, en el ámbito internacional sigue siendo aquel "gran rey" europeo que supo reconciliar su país...

Tres comedias de Cervantes muestran su imagen del mundo islámico y su vida en Argelia: La gran sultana doña Catalina de Oviedo, El gallardo español, y Los baños de Argel, también trata este tema El amante liberal, que narra una historia sentimental entre cristianos cautivos en Nicosia. Cervantes...

El Narciso en su opinión traza un perfil que será después clásico de la literatura de la España del siglo XVII, el del galán presuntuoso, el petimetre cortesano, narcisista, pagado de sí mismo, algo provinciano pendiente siempre del espejo para exhibir su presunta capacidad de seducción.

La acción de El vizcaíno fingido se centra en un timo que un caballero, que dice ser vizcaíno, hace a una dama.

El 24 de julio de 1936 salió de Barcelona un número indeterminado de hombres y mujeres con la intención de conquistar Zaragoza. Muchos de los voluntarios habían combatido en las calles barcelonesas durante los días 19 y 20, derrotando a los militares que se habían sublevado contra el gobierno...

Tirso de Molina (Madrid, 1584-Almazán, 1648). España.Su verdadero nombre fue Gabriel Téllez, y nació hacia 1580-84 en Madrid. Se especula (con poca solidez) sobre la posibilidad de que fuera hijo ilegítimo del duque de Osuna, uno de los personajes más influyentes del momento. También se cree...

A concise history of Portugal, from its earliest beginnings up to the politics and life of the present day. It was not until the twelfth century that Portugal became a country in its own right, having been a Roman colony and then having suffered both Barbarian and Islamic invasions. The golden age of...

Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an...

Today Portuguese is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world and Brazil is a new economic powerhouse. Both phenomena result from the Portuguese 'Discoveries' of the 15th and 16th centuries, and the Catholic missions that planted Portuguese communities in every continent. Some were part...

At its peak the Spanish empire stretched from Italy and the Netherlands to Peru and the Philippines. Its influence remains very significant to the history of Europe and the Americas. Maltby provides a concise and readable history of the empire's dramatic rise and fall, with special emphasis on the economy, institutions and intellectual movements.