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El día 12 de julio de 1874, a las 4 de la tarde, alrededor de ocho mil car listas se previenen en los pueblos de La Cierva y Pajarón para atacar la ciudad de Cuenca. Han sido rechazados por los turolenses y necesitan una victoria rápida que, con el menor riesgo posible, enardezca a sus tropas y colme sus arcas. De estos sucesos da cuenta en este libro Santiago López, un testigo presencial de tan dramáticos acontecimientos. El periodista con su relato nos abre la puerta a un pasado apasionante y desconocido.

El "escritocentrismo" en el que vive el lector contemporáneo le dificulta comprender que la invención de la imprenta, hacia 1440, no acabó de tajo con la antigua práctica de leer en voz alta. La estudiosa extrae de diversas fuentes indicios de las maneras en las que el grueso de la población española se vinculaba con los textos en esa época singular en que la obra capital de Cervantes salía a la luz y cuya divulgación se dio, sin duda, de manera frecuentemente oral. En contraste, nos ofrece un retrato del autor del Quijote leyendo en silencio, preferencia que compartía con su...

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