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Bailén es la cuarta novela de la primera serie de los Episodios Nacionales de Benito Pérez Galdós. Continúa con la historia del joven gaditano Gabriel de Araceli, quien es también protagonista de los tres anteriores episodios, El 19 de marzo y el 2 de mayo, La...

The Conduct of the Allies and of the Late Ministry in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War was a book written by Jonathan Swift in which he attacked Britain's allies in the War of the Spanish Succession. It was published on 27 November 1711.

When Admiral Mahan, passed away in 1914, his ideas and thoughts lived on in his writings, which spanned the naval strategy of his own times and the lessons learnt from history. They are still read at the modern naval academies and the ideas permeate the teachings at Annapolis. A flag officer in the...

Elizabeth I (1533-1603), also known as the Virgin Queen, was the daughter of Henry VIII and the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Aside from a history of Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan England chronicles the fledgling British empire during the period of Elizabeths reign. Different chapters cover the...

Build your confidence in your Spanish skills with practice, practice, practice! From present tense regular verbs to double object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all those aspects of Spanish grammar that you might find a little intimidating or hard to remember. Practice...

Autobiographical travelogue. According to Wikipedia: "William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic... In 1858, he began to work at the Ohio State Journal where he wrote poetry, short stories, and also translated pieces from French, Spanish, and...

When author Stewart Andersen moved to the Balearic island of Ibiza, he found an island that was home to a colourful group of hippies, artists, celebrities and above all, the good humoured and eccentric Ibicencos. In Wild Thyme in Ibiza, a light-hearted account of life on a magical island, we meet a cast...

Learn how to speak and understand Spanish FAST with these 1,000+ useful Spanish vocabulary words to help you get through everyday conversation! This book is broken down into the following vocabulary lessons: 1.Colors 2.Numbers 3.Ordinals 4.Family and Relatives 5.Time, Days and Months 6.Animals 7.Adjectives...

The Camino Chronicles Continues When newlyweds Laura and Felix arrive in the pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela their married bliss seems untouchable. But when Laura walks into a "cold spot" outside their apartment in the historic centre, her doctoral thesis on Feudal Galicia...

This biography of Queen María de Molina thematically explores her life and demonstrates her collective exercise of power and authority as queen. Throughout her public life, María de Molina’s resilient determination, as queen and later as regent, enabled her to not only work tirelessly to establish...

El soneto nació en Italia entre 1230 y 1240. íñigo López de Mendoza, el Marqués de Santillana, lo introduce en la península ibérica y, así, en la lengua castellana. Casi un siglo después Juan Boscán lo recupera, gracias a su amigo Navaggiero, un italiano que se dio cuenta de la afinidad...

Includes over 100 maps of the actions, engagements and battles of the entire Peninsular War. Whilst writing his magisterial The History of The Peninsular War, Sir Charles Oman gathered material that was to become Wellington’s Army. Into Wellington’s Army he gathered, as he says in his Preface,...

Vivir loco y morir más es la primera obra teatral de Zorrilla, escrita cuando apenas tenía veinte años. Tuvo notorio éxito entre la crítica y el público. Es una obra romántica que relata las penurias de unos jóvenes apasionados y ávidos de vivir con intensidad. El artista entregado y hastiado...

A buen juez mejor testigo empieza en las afueras de Toledo. Ante un Cristo enclavado en un madero, la bella Inés de Vargas hace jurar a Diego Martínez, que a su vuelta de Flandes, la desposará. Pasan tres años y Diego no vuelve. Regresan varios hombres de Flandes, y entre ellos Inés cree avistar...