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Resultat d'una àmplia labor de síntesi i relexió històrica. S'inicia amb els Reis Catòlics, amb l'engany del matrimoni de Ferran i Isabel. Un argument prou gruixut per a proposar al lector una primera relexió, que després tindrà continuïtat en els monarques posteriors (Carles I-Carles V; Felip I-Felip II; Felip II de Catalunya-Felip III de Castella...) fins a arribar a la guerra de Successió. A partir d'aquell 1714 ja no hi ha engany: els catalans perden la guerra, són sotmesos i el Decret de Nova Planta deixa ben clares les noves condicions que els són imposades. La darrera part...

NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TABLET AND THE LADY 'This book is a terrific read ... I could not put it down' Matthew Restall, Literary Review The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends and nightmares. In their own time, they were glorified as heroic adventurers, spreading Christian culture and helping to build an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. Today, they stand condemned for their cruelty and exploitation, as men who decimated the ancient civilizations of the Aztecs ...

En esta nueva edición ampliada de Elcano, viaje a la historia, el lector encontrará mucha más información y documentación sobre Elcano y los suyos, a través de crónicas, relaciones y otros legajos escritos hace quinientos años, estudiados para contar la travesía épica de la vuelta al mundo, repleta de peligros, sacrificios y amenazas, pero también de valentía, honor y gran pericia. Como concluye Braulio Vázquez, director del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Sevilla: «el lector disfrutará ahora de la mejor síntesis escrita hasta la fecha sobre la primera vuelta al mundo, porque ...

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