Historia y población

Esta novela de Lion Feuchtwanger, autor ya consagrado entre los lectores de habla española, es una apasionada historia de amor y violencia, ocurrida en el siglo XII, y que, a través de siglos, ha ocupado la imaginación de los lectores. Narra la pasión que el rey Alfonso VIII de Castilla sintió por la judía Raquel, hecho que registran las crónicas de su vbiznieto, el rey Alfonso X el Sabio. La acción transcurre en una época todavía en parte sumida en la barbarie, en la que el arrojo de aquellos nobles castellanos, fruto de una fe sin fisuras, y el ansia de matar, junto con su...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...

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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...