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El libro La otra cara de la Luna forma parte de un amplio proyecto concebido por su autor, el Dr. Álvaro Uribe Rueda, y que precede a un texto anterior titulado Bizancio, el dique iluminado, que reflexiona acerca de la concepción mística del universalismo, las raíces judías y helénicas, y la herencia cristiana.

Cuentan que el 1 de mayo de 1539, cuando murió la emperatriz Isabel, con apenas treinta y seis años, no había forma de separar de su cuerpo a su viudo Carlos V, y que este cayó en tal depresión que tuvo que retirarse al monasterio jerónimo de La Sisla. El emperador nunca volvió a casarse, ni superó su muerte. Pero Isabel no fue solo su amada esposa y madre del futuro rey Felipe II, fue también la gobernadora de España en las largas ausencias de su marido por los reinos de Europa. Gracias a su saber hacer y a su buen tino con las cortes de Castilla y Aragón, la dinastía de los...

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