Virilidad nacional

En una epoca extremedamente convulsa (s. IV-V), Julia sufre la perdida de su familia excepto su hermano. En su busqueda huye de su Cartagena natal e inicia un accidentado periplo que le lleva a recuperar los restos de Prisciliano, convertirse en preceptora imperial, espia al servicio de Eutropio, amiga de la Elia Eudoxia e Hypatia, curandera, empresaria y consejera de la corte en Constantinopla, Alejandria, Roma, Ravena y Barcelona, vive los importantes cambios que, a caballo de dos siglos, sacuden el imperio en el umbral de su definitiva desmembracion. Descendiente de una saga de...

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Francisco Pizarro (1478 ?-1541), figura central de la Conquista española, como Cortés en México, entró tardíamente en la Historia, cuando a más de cincuenta años descubrió el Perú y sus fabulosas riquezas. Hijo bastardo de un militar hidalgo adinerado y de una criada, Pizarro nació se crió pobre en Estre-madura y fue analfabeto toda su vida. Muy joven, se dejó llevar por los espejismos del Nuevo Mundo descubierto apenas unos diez años atrás. Después de dos décadas de anadanzas infructuosas en zonas marginales del imperio en formació, la fortuna la sonríe : dirige su propia...