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A Narrative of Events in the South of France
And of the Attack on New Orleans in 1814 and 1815
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Captain Cooke’s narrative starts with the his experiences in the South of France during the last days of the Peninsular War, and combines part travelogue with witty reminiscences of the jollity after peace was declared in 1814. The society and manners of a bruised and touchy French populace ever...
The Private Journal of F.S. Larpent - Vol. III
attached to the head-quarters of Lord Wellington during the Peninsular War, from 1812 to its close
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Wellington added a Judge-Advocate-General to his staff in 1812 “to ensure that courts-martial were conducted with proper forms and due appreciation of the validity of evidence – in which the commander-in-chief considered that they had often failed . . . Larpent, who has left an interesting diary...
The Private Journal of F.S. Larpent - Vol. II
attached to the head-quarters of Lord Wellington during the Peninsular War, from 1812 to its close
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Wellington added a Judge-Advocate-General to his staff in 1812 “to ensure that courts-martial were conducted with proper forms and due appreciation of the validity of evidence – in which the commander-in-chief considered that they had often failed . . . Larpent, who has left an interesting diary...
Trifles From My Portfolio; Or, Recollections Of Scenes And Small Adventures - Vol. I
During Twenty-Nine Years Military Service In The Peninsular War And Invasion Of France
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
As a “cutter”, or regimental surgeon, Walter Henry faced the bloodiest side of the military on no less than three continents. “In December 1811 he became an assistant surgeon in the 66th Foot, with which he served throughout the Peninsular War, participating in numerous actions including Badajoz,...
by Fernand Nicolay
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
“THE reasons which induced me to publish the present work are briefly these: My father was a Boulonnais, and owner of the land historically famous for its associations with Bonaparte and Bruix. I have therefore in my possession a number of documents, hitherto unpublished, concerning the Camp of...
by Justo Serna
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Cuando el Generalísimo Francisco Franco muere el 20 de noviembre de 1975, el autor de este libro apenas rebasa los 16 años, escasísima edad para analizar los hechos o para vislumbrar el porvenir con alguna claridad. Es un joven leído e ignorante, nacido en el seno de una familia tibia, propia...
by Ignacio Merino
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 23, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 23, 2013
Novela breve de fondo histórico sobre la aventura vital de Juan de la Cosa, uno de los grandes descubridores de América cuya figura ha quedado oscurecida por la sombra del ambicioso Cristóbal Colón, con quien hizo el primer viaje como piloto y maestre. Hábil navegante, capaz de cruzar el Océano...
by Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (Toledo, 1607-Madrid, 1648). España.Hijo de un militar toledano de origen judío, nació el 4 de octubre de 1607. Estudió en Salamanca y luego se trasladó a Madrid, donde vivió el resto de su vida. Fue uno de los poetas más encumbrados de la corte de Felipe IV. Y en...
Radio Pirenaica
La voz de la esperanza antifranquista
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Ésta es la historia de una emisora de radio de la que muchos han oído hablar, pero que pocos conocen. Envuelta en el combate contra la dictadura franquista desde la clandestinidad y rodeada durante mucho tiempo de mitos y silencios, "Radio España Independiente, Estación Pirenaica" fue...
El holocausto español
Odio y exterminio en la Guerra Civil y después
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 8, 2011
La represión durante la guerra y en la inmediata posguerra contada por el más prestigioso hispanista de la actualidad.
«Durante la Guerra Civil española, cerca de 200.000 hombres y mujeres fueron asesinados lejos del frente, ejecutados extrajudicialmente o tras precarios procesos legales,...
by Paul Preston
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Una perspectiva radicalmente distinta, original e innovadora de la compleja trama de la Guerra Civil española.
Paul Preston, probablemente el más importante hispanista de la actualidad, ofrece en este ensayo una perspectiva completamente innovadora de la guerra civil española a partir de...
El final de la guerra
La última puñalada a la República
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 4, 2014
La fidedigna narración del Golpe de Casado y de los últimos meses de la guerra civil española por Paul Preston, el más prestigioso hispanista de la actualidad.
«La paz negociada siempre; la rendición sin condiciones para que fusilen a medio millón de españoles, eso nunca.»
Juan Negrín
«La...
Santiago Carrillo
El penediment no existeix
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 19, 2018
L'historiador Paul Preston ens ofereix una apassionant biografia d'un dels personatges més rellevants de la política espanyola del segle XX: Santiago Carrillo, secretari general del Partit Comunista Espanyol i un dels artífexs de la Transició política a la democràcia. Santiago Carrillo. El...
by Comte Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné de Las Cases
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the “Rock in the Atlantic”,...