Conchas de fuego y de sangre

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La Enciclopedia Espasa comenzó a publicarse en 1906. Sus 70 tomos, de unas 1500 páginas cada uno, abarcaban millones de artículos, cientos de miles de ilustraciones y una bibliografía inconmensurable; una magnitud tan desbordante que hizo proverbial la frase "si no está en la Espasa, es que no existe". Este libro abarca una mínima parte de sus contenidos, pero ayuda a comprenderla en toda su extensión. Las entradas, agrupadas por bloques temáticos, representan lo más llamativo, curioso y pintoresco de aspectos relativos a las creencias, supersticiones, usos sociales, política, sexo, ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

With the help of the victim's widow, a close associate of the murdered defector, Alexander Litvinenko, offers an in-depth account of the former spy's career, from his work in Russia, to his escape to the United Kingdom and his efforts to expose the intrigue and assassinations of the FSB (formerly the KGB), to his murder in October 2006.