Facundo de Zuviría

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Nacido, criado y educado en Flandes, Carlos V se convertiría a los quince años de edad en el primer rey de Castilla, Aragón y Navarra. Hijo de Juana I de Castilla, a la que tendría décadas encerrada en Tordesillas, y nieto de Maximiliano de Habsburgo, de quien heredaría el título de emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico, luchó incansablemente por dotar de cohesión los vastos territorios de su dominio, librándolos de los principios feudales de la Edad Media y buscando que imperara en ellos la unidad religiosa, lo que le enfrentó a franceses, otomanos y luteranos. Este...

Siempre se ha preguntado el porqué de la existencia de la piraterí́a, sus audaces y temibles ataques tanto en alta mar como en tierra firme. Bandoleros unos y de origen noble otros, que sucumbieron ante una vida tan peligrosa como fantástica y apasionante... El misterio tras las legendarias acciones de corsarios o filibusteros como Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, el Capitán Kidd, Barbanegra o Calico Jack, cuyas hazañas ocupan una parte importante de este libro. -- Publisher's website.

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