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Estados Unidos se ha definido siempre como un caso excepcional, un primer experimento político que muchas naciones han imitado antes o después. Su vasta superficie y el aumento constante y acelerado de su población condicionaron desde sus inicios los modos de vida de sus habitantes y configuraron su identidad como coloso demográfico y país inmigrante. El credo de la libertad, la fórmula que los Padres Fundadores encontraron para dotar de unidad y coherencia al país fue, a la larga, exitosa: Estados Unidos es la democracia más longeva del planeta y su escueta Constitución la más...

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Manuel Fernández Álvarez narra y describe, con su personal y amena prosa, la vida y obra de Miguel de Cervantes, a la vez que desarrolla todos los acontecimientos de la época, período en el que es experto el autor. Manuel Fernández Álvarez es profesor emérito de la Universidad de Salamanca y académico de número de la Real Academia de la Historia.Otras obras publicadas por el autor: Carlos V, el césar y el hombre; Felipe II y su tiempo; Jovellanos, el patriota; Juana la Loca, la cautiva de Tordesillas; El fraile y la Inquisición; Casadas, monjas, rameras y brujas; Corpus documental...

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 ...