El Afortunado

Traidores que cambiaron la Historia es el relato de algunas de las traiciones más célebres de todos los tiempos. Sucesos que, con su comisión, cambiaron el curso de los acontecimientos históricos en un país, un imperio y, a veces, en toda la Tierra. Empezando por el más famoso de todos los traidores de la tradición occidental, Judas Iscariote, se repasan algunos de los casos más famosos de traición: Efialtés y los 300 espartanos; la muerte de Viriato; el asesinato de Julio César; la venta del reino visigodo de Hispania por el conde don Julián; o, más recientemente, los casos...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two astonishing young...

La colección de Fuentes documentales para la Historia Empresarial espera nutrir la historia y garantizar la permanencia de algunos importantes momentos de la vida económica nacional. Este es el primer volumen de la serie, dedicado al Siglo xix en Antioquia.