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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...

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.

A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668 provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America. Malyn Newitt examines how the ideas and institutions...

Conheça as histórias que a História não inscreveu nos manuais de liceu! Tudo o que de mais curioso ainda há para contar sobre os reis e rainhas portugueses. Além da intimidade, da vida familiar e das desventuras românticas dos soberanos portugueses, mergulhe também nas zonas obscuras da política e seus bastidores.

A rarity amongst Peninsular accounts, are those that come from the medical services of the British army, Boutflower’s journal was printed sixty years after his death but remains even now fresh and interesting. His duty was to patch, tend and mend the fighting men of the 40th Regiment of Foot, during...