España, el estado autonómico

"Important synthesis brings together Klein's archival research and his thorough reading of published monographs. He examines three administrative areas: the Viceroyalty of Peru, the Audiencia of Charcas, and the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Interpretive concluding chapter contrasts the rise of New Spain with the decline of Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Dónde está el testamento? Este enigma recorre las páginas de esta novela histórica cuya acción transcurre en el año 1475. Tanto al lector como a los personajes les surge a menudo la misma pregunta, o también, paradójicamente, esta otra: 'Pero, de verdad hizo testamento el rey Enrique IV de Castilla?' De inmediato, toda una serie interminable de interrogantes se va abriendo paso en la trama de esta oscura historia.

A heart cries from exile. Memories of the country left behind mix with and get mixed up with the realities of the country of refuge. The stories in this collection taken together narrate the education of the heart, a heart uprooted by civil war in Spain and given refuge in Mexico, launched on a new life, to stitch them together to form a coherent whole.