Ni orden ni patria

"What do the statues of the world have to offer? The Great Sphinx of Giza, the Caryatids in Athens or the dragon of the Forbidden City in Beijing... are statues that have witnessed... the course of history. But what if these witnesses could talk? What would they say? In this exciting collection of stories, statues have their say. Statues of the world meet fiction and information across seven stories that contain universal themes such as freedom, fantasy or love. Each of the stories takes as inspiration a representative of world culture in the form of a statue, and this is both a literary...

One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350¡1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), agente comercial, espía, periodista y escritor, publicó su primera novela, La vida y las extrañas y sorprendentes aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, marinero de York, a los cincuenta y nueve años, de forma anónima y haciéndolas pasar por auténticas memorias de un náufrago. El libro fue un éxito inmediato -ese mismo año se vendieron seis ediciones en Gran Bretaña, así como incontables ediciones pirata- y se tradujo enseguida a otras lenguas, llegando a convertirse con el paso del tiempo en una obra maestra de la literatura de aventuras y un clásico de la...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...