La fabricación de un imaginario

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 ...

Gran Bretaña no participa en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hitler conquista Moscú. Churchill pierde las elecciones y nunca llega a convertirse en primer ministro... La historia alternativa siempre ha sido un divertimento, una excusa para los juegos de mesa o un argumento para la ciencia ficción, pero en las últimas décadas ha empezado a llamar también la atención de los historiadores más serios. ¿Por qué? Si la labor de la historia es establecer qué ocurrió, ¿qué sentido tiene preguntarse por lo que pudo haber sido? Evans examina con ojo crítico la nueva afición de los...

La cultura antigua que más misterio ha suscitado se presenta en este tomo desde todas sus perspectivas analizando el papel geográfico del Nilo, la figura todopoderosa del faraón, la estructura social y política, la visión religiosa del mundo, su cultura, escritura y la vida del pueblo llano.

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