Mariposas, brujas, conjuros, doncellas y caballeros andantes

El descubrimiento de unos libros en Barcarrota en el año 1992, entre los que se encontraban una Lingua de Erasmo, un Alborayque y hasta un Lazarillo de Tormes, cuya impresión era hasta entonces desconocida, se convirtió en un enigma. Este libro lo resuelve identificando a su propietario como el médico criptojudío Francisco de Peñaranda, originario de Llerena.

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La antigua Roma como nunca antes te la habían contado: lo que creías saber (pero no era así), lo que no sabías y mucho más que ni te imaginas Asociamos la antigua Roma con batallas, legionarios, acueductos, gladiadores. Emperadores sabios y emperadores locos. Rómulo y Remo, dioses y diosas, cristianos y leones. Señores con toga y señoras con peinados imposibles. Esclavos. Orgías. El senado, las termas, alcantarillas, letrinas. Pompeya y Herculano, Marco Antonio y Cleopatra, Julio César. ¿Te suena? Pero, ¿seguro que fue como creías? ¿Y si hay mucho más? En este libro tiramos de...

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...