Novedades del último mes en libros de Biografías históricas universales

LAS PALABRAS TIENEN EL PODER DE CREAR Y TRANSFORMAR REALIDADES, EVOCAR EMOCIONES, PERMITEN MIRAR CON OTROS OJOS Y ENTENDER OTRAS CIRCUNSTANCIAS, FOMENTANDO LA EMPATÍA. Con A de Alzhéimer, la Asociacion de Familiares de Alzheimer de Valencia (AFAV) desea dar visibilidad y normalidad a las situaciones y retos que afrontan las personas con la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otras demencias, sus familias y las personas cuidadoras, con la escritura y la lectura. A traves de cien microrrelatos de diferentes autoras y autores que generosamente participan en este proyecto, conocemos historias de vida, reflexiones y enseñanzas que nos acercan a una realidad diferente y compleja, mediante el respeto, el amor, la nostalgia y, tambien, el humor. Una obra cocreada con fines solidarios, cuyos beneficios se destinara integramente a dar cobertura a las lineas de trabajo y proyectos de AFAV.

Aquest volum, en edició bilingüe en català i àrab, recull una conversa amb Ibrahim Nasrallah, una de les figures més destacades de la literatura palestina actual. L autor hi reflexiona sobre el procé

From actor comedian co creator of Marcel the Shell and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds Jenny Slate a wild soulful hilarious collection of genre bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you ve never seen it before What happened was this Jenny Slate was a human mammal who sniffed the air every morning hoping to find another person to love who would love her and in that period there was a deep dark loneliness that she had to face and befriend and then we are pleased to report that she did fall in love and in that period she was like chimes or a flock of clean breaths and her spine lying flat was the many colored planks on the xylophone but also she was rabid with fear of losing this love because of past injury And then what happened was that she became a wild pregnant mammal thing and then she exploded herself by having a whole baby blast through her vagina during a global plague and then she was expected to carry on like everything was normal but was this normal and had she or anything ever been normal Herein lies an account of this journey told in five phases Single True Love Pregnancy Baby and Ongoing through luminous laugh out loud funny unclassifiable essays that take the form of letters to a doctor dreams of

I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN Entrancing a creative manifesto TELEGRAPH Mesmerising vibrating with life and curiosity OBSERVER

La música de John Adams fluye como un río que refleja y transforma la luz. A veces avanza con la serenidad de una corriente amplia; otras, irrumpe con la fuerza de un torrente inesperado. Entre el resplandor y la sombra, entre la transparencia y la densidad, Adams ha construido un lenguaje sonoro capaz de contar historias y, al mismo tiempo, de invitar a la contemplacion. Luz sobre el agua recorre su trayectoria desde los primeros pasos hasta las obras mas recientes, deteniendose en cada partitura como quien se asoma a un remanso para observar sus reflejos. Operas que dialogan con la historia "Nixon in China, Doctor Atomic, Girls of the Golden West, Antony and Cleopatra", piezas sinfonicas que expanden el espacio sonoro, y partituras que encuentran en lo intimo una fuerza tan poderosa como en lo monumental. A traves de un enfoque que combina analisis, contexto y narracion, este libro muestra como Adams ha sabido tender puentes entre tradicion y modernidad, entre lo politico y lo poetico. Sus obras, como la luz sobre el agua, cambian constantemente, pero conservan siempre una identidad inconfundible. Un viaje para escuchar con los ojos y mirar con los oidos, siguiendo el brillo movil de una de las voces mas singulares de la musica contemporanea.

Pre order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming first hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment the 60 year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales Timothy West and Prunella Scales were first and foremost actors Over seventy years they have delighted millions portraying a host of larger than life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts But their finest roles it turns out have always been as husband and wife in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru In Pru and Me the late Timothy West charted the course of their lives from the years before they met treading the boards in the 50s to their secret courting marriage and settling in Wandsworth And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre television and film over the next seventy years in some of the nation s favourite shows such as Fawlty Towers and Brass Crammed full of stories which are funny poignant jaw dropping and occasionally painful Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys Here the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru s ge

The story of an incredible friendship between one man and a wild robin and a beautiful celebration of Britain s favorite bird When a robin appears a loved one is near In 2019 Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge Kent when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree The robin glanced in his direction as he approached but he didn t move so Tony grabbed his camera and took a photo This would be the first of hundreds of photos that Tony would take of Bob the robin and the start of an extraordinary friendship that would last for years As Tony shared his pictures on his social media account Putman and Robin he witnessed an outpouring the love not just for Bob but for robins everywhere who populate our gardens with song and movement even on the direst winter days In this book Tony shares his touching journey with Bob and tells the story of our unwavering affection for these magnificent creatures This is an informative book about the life of a robin as well as a beautiful love letter to these spirited and lively birds who offer us a connection with nature a moment of contact and a great source of comfort and joy

Este libro presenta una nueva visión de la gran personalidad espiritual del Conde Alexandro de Cagliostro, sus actos milagrosos, sus curaciones, el inmenso legado espiritual que ha llegad hasta nuestros dias, en particular a traves su rito magico, esoterico y alquimico de la Alta Masoneria Egipcia.Pocos personajes encontrariamos en el seno de la historia y de la Tradicion que fueran tan injusta e ignominiosamente tratados, confundidos y ultrajados por escribas a sueldo de nefandos intereses oscurantistas como Cagliostro.Su hechos notables y su participacion activa en los grandes cambios de la sociedad de su tiempo !y del futuro¡ fueron como un relampago de luminosa esperanza que atraveso subitamente la opacidad de la noche europea, propios de un gran Adepto, quizas uno de los mas grandes que caminaron sobre este mundoA pesar de la equivoca e incluso calumniosa pluma de diversos autores, que aun hoy en dia continuan basando sus estudios sobre el Conde de Cagliostro en los infamantes libelos del Santo Oficio, que intentaron por todos los medios acallar para siempre la voz del amigo del Gran Copto, amalgamando su extraordinaria personalidad con la de un oscuro personaje, otros investigadores, mas proclives a realizar una indagacion fidedigna en su extraordinario legado, han sabido dirigir su mirada a las palabras del propio Cagliostro, quien profetizo que, con el paso del tiempo, se encontrarian en sus escritos las profundas verdades y enseñanzas que el mismo predicaba a traves del maravilloso ejemplo de una vida de servicio, abnegacion, sacrificio y amor a la Humanidad.

The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647 the Parliamentarians were divided They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate As the leader of one party Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the centre of events In the second volume of his pioneering biography Ronald Hutton traces Cromwell s career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power These decisive years saw the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the Commonwealth of England as well as notorious and savage campaigns in Ireland and Scotland Cromwell s political and military leadership were well honed after years of practice but this was also the period of his greatest ruthlessness and brutality This groundbreaking account reveals a different kind of Cromwell showing how he navigated the many forces ranged against him and rose to the pinnacle of his power

From the acclaimed author of The Pursuit of Glory and Frederick the Great a riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th century Poland and Saxony and his catastrophic reign It s been a superb year for history but Augustus the Strong ranks up there with the very very best I cant recommend it strongly enough Simon Sebag Montefiore The wonderful story of one of the worst monarchs in European history told with enormous wit and scholarship by a supremely talented historian If you have the slightest interest in Germans Poles porcelain jewels the Enlightenment military disasters or the pleasures of fox tossing then this is the book for you Dominic Sandbrook Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2025 Augustus is one of the great what ifs of the 18th century He could have turned the accident of ruling two major realms into the basis for a powerful European state a bulwark against the Russians and a block on Prussian expansion Alas there was no opportunity Augustus did not waste and no decision he did not get wrong By the time of his death Poland was fatally damaged and would subsequently disappear as an independent state until the 20th century Tim Blanning s wonderfully entertaining and original new book

The author of She Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration and back again LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2025 THE TELEGRAPH S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A glorious work of history a gripping and haunting tragedy There was no book published this year novels included that I found richer in character no plot more taut Tom Holland The Spectator A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history a compulsive unputdownable real life thriller a gripping portrait of ruthless power politics and a study of British tyranny written with the delicacy and elegance of one of Britain s most brilliant historians at the top of her game Simon Sebag Montefiore If ever a book of history was blessed with contemporary relevance this one is The dumbfounding delusional narcissistic King Richard the white knuckle ride of Henry IV dogged all the way by notions of illegitimacy I feel these men could have been ripped from today s headlines The book s great achievement is in the storytelling the unfolding drama the secrets of power and ambition so beautifully controlled

PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE SUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 STUNNINGLY GOOD THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 COMPULSIVE A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 BRILLIANT A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A delicious grippingly paced tale of rogues riotous sex regicide and realpolitik INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS This is the page turner that Buckingham s short racy life deserves DAILY TELEGRAPH Vivid erudite and sympathetic The Scapegoat shows that Hughes Hallett s eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever THE TIMES Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAING As King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a leader who made many mistakes who misjudged his friends and

En esta obra su autora analiza a Erzsébet Báthory como figura histórica que vivió en un determinado contexto social, la Hungría de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI y comienzos del XVII, pero también trata el mito que se ha construido en torno a ella, basculando, asi, entre dos ambitos, compilando evidencias, lineas de interpretacion, y aportando conclusiones o hipotesis. La construccion del personaje de la Bathory se ha alimentado en la cultura popular extendiendose al ambito del turismo.

In her first non fiction book in a decade the no 1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically Eat Pray Love and creatively Big Magic shows how to break free In 2000 Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya They became friends then best friends then inseparable When tragedy entered their lives the truth was finally laid bare the two were in love They were also a pair of addicts on a collision course toward catastrophe What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love or to any other passion substance or craving and who yearns at long last for liberation

Guerreras olvidadas. Heroínas silenciadas. Durante siglos, la historia de la guerra ha sido contada de forma casi exclusiva en masculino. Pero desde los campos de batalla de la Antigüedad hasta las t

Una obra de no-ficció que revela un dels capítols més commovedors i desconeguts de la postguerra: la història de la maternitat d’Elna, un refugi al sud de França on van néixer més de 600 infants fill

Reúne cuatro textos cuyo contenido se mueve en dos planos: el de las vivencias personales y el de circunstancias más objetivas, siempre afectivamente relevantes de cada entorno.

LAS PALABRAS TIENEN EL PODER DE CREAR Y TRANSFORMAR REALIDADES, EVOCAR EMOCIONES, PERMITEN MIRAR CON OTROS OJOS Y ENTENDER OTRAS CIRCUNSTANCIAS, FOMENTANDO LA EMPATÍA. Con A de Alzhéimer, la Asociacion de Familiares de Alzheimer de Valencia (AFAV) desea dar visibilidad y normalidad a las situaciones y retos que afrontan las personas con la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otras demencias, sus familias y las personas cuidadoras, con la escritura y la lectura. A traves de cien microrrelatos de diferentes autoras y autores que generosamente participan en este proyecto, conocemos historias de vida, reflexiones y enseñanzas que nos acercan a una realidad diferente y compleja, mediante el respeto, el amor, la nostalgia y, tambien, el humor. Una obra cocreada con fines solidarios, cuyos beneficios se destinara integramente a dar cobertura a las lineas de trabajo y proyectos de AFAV.

Aquest volum, en edició bilingüe en català i àrab, recull una conversa amb Ibrahim Nasrallah, una de les figures més destacades de la literatura palestina actual. L autor hi reflexiona sobre el procé

From actor comedian co creator of Marcel the Shell and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds Jenny Slate a wild soulful hilarious collection of genre bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you ve never seen it before What happened was this Jenny Slate was a human mammal who sniffed the air every morning hoping to find another person to love who would love her and in that period there was a deep dark loneliness that she had to face and befriend and then we are pleased to report that she did fall in love and in that period she was like chimes or a flock of clean breaths and her spine lying flat was the many colored planks on the xylophone but also she was rabid with fear of losing this love because of past injury And then what happened was that she became a wild pregnant mammal thing and then she exploded herself by having a whole baby blast through her vagina during a global plague and then she was expected to carry on like everything was normal but was this normal and had she or anything ever been normal Herein lies an account of this journey told in five phases Single True Love Pregnancy Baby and Ongoing through luminous laugh out loud funny unclassifiable essays that take the form of letters to a doctor dreams of

I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN Entrancing a creative manifesto TELEGRAPH Mesmerising vibrating with life and curiosity OBSERVER

La música de John Adams fluye como un río que refleja y transforma la luz. A veces avanza con la serenidad de una corriente amplia; otras, irrumpe con la fuerza de un torrente inesperado. Entre el resplandor y la sombra, entre la transparencia y la densidad, Adams ha construido un lenguaje sonoro capaz de contar historias y, al mismo tiempo, de invitar a la contemplacion. Luz sobre el agua recorre su trayectoria desde los primeros pasos hasta las obras mas recientes, deteniendose en cada partitura como quien se asoma a un remanso para observar sus reflejos. Operas que dialogan con la historia "Nixon in China, Doctor Atomic, Girls of the Golden West, Antony and Cleopatra", piezas sinfonicas que expanden el espacio sonoro, y partituras que encuentran en lo intimo una fuerza tan poderosa como en lo monumental. A traves de un enfoque que combina analisis, contexto y narracion, este libro muestra como Adams ha sabido tender puentes entre tradicion y modernidad, entre lo politico y lo poetico. Sus obras, como la luz sobre el agua, cambian constantemente, pero conservan siempre una identidad inconfundible. Un viaje para escuchar con los ojos y mirar con los oidos, siguiendo el brillo movil de una de las voces mas singulares de la musica contemporanea.

Pre order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming first hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment the 60 year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales Timothy West and Prunella Scales were first and foremost actors Over seventy years they have delighted millions portraying a host of larger than life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts But their finest roles it turns out have always been as husband and wife in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru In Pru and Me the late Timothy West charted the course of their lives from the years before they met treading the boards in the 50s to their secret courting marriage and settling in Wandsworth And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre television and film over the next seventy years in some of the nation s favourite shows such as Fawlty Towers and Brass Crammed full of stories which are funny poignant jaw dropping and occasionally painful Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys Here the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru s ge

The story of an incredible friendship between one man and a wild robin and a beautiful celebration of Britain s favorite bird When a robin appears a loved one is near In 2019 Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge Kent when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree The robin glanced in his direction as he approached but he didn t move so Tony grabbed his camera and took a photo This would be the first of hundreds of photos that Tony would take of Bob the robin and the start of an extraordinary friendship that would last for years As Tony shared his pictures on his social media account Putman and Robin he witnessed an outpouring the love not just for Bob but for robins everywhere who populate our gardens with song and movement even on the direst winter days In this book Tony shares his touching journey with Bob and tells the story of our unwavering affection for these magnificent creatures This is an informative book about the life of a robin as well as a beautiful love letter to these spirited and lively birds who offer us a connection with nature a moment of contact and a great source of comfort and joy

Este libro presenta una nueva visión de la gran personalidad espiritual del Conde Alexandro de Cagliostro, sus actos milagrosos, sus curaciones, el inmenso legado espiritual que ha llegad hasta nuestros dias, en particular a traves su rito magico, esoterico y alquimico de la Alta Masoneria Egipcia.Pocos personajes encontrariamos en el seno de la historia y de la Tradicion que fueran tan injusta e ignominiosamente tratados, confundidos y ultrajados por escribas a sueldo de nefandos intereses oscurantistas como Cagliostro.Su hechos notables y su participacion activa en los grandes cambios de la sociedad de su tiempo !y del futuro¡ fueron como un relampago de luminosa esperanza que atraveso subitamente la opacidad de la noche europea, propios de un gran Adepto, quizas uno de los mas grandes que caminaron sobre este mundoA pesar de la equivoca e incluso calumniosa pluma de diversos autores, que aun hoy en dia continuan basando sus estudios sobre el Conde de Cagliostro en los infamantes libelos del Santo Oficio, que intentaron por todos los medios acallar para siempre la voz del amigo del Gran Copto, amalgamando su extraordinaria personalidad con la de un oscuro personaje, otros investigadores, mas proclives a realizar una indagacion fidedigna en su extraordinario legado, han sabido dirigir su mirada a las palabras del propio Cagliostro, quien profetizo que, con el paso del tiempo, se encontrarian en sus escritos las profundas verdades y enseñanzas que el mismo predicaba a traves del maravilloso ejemplo de una vida de servicio, abnegacion, sacrificio y amor a la Humanidad.

The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647 the Parliamentarians were divided They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate As the leader of one party Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the centre of events In the second volume of his pioneering biography Ronald Hutton traces Cromwell s career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power These decisive years saw the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the Commonwealth of England as well as notorious and savage campaigns in Ireland and Scotland Cromwell s political and military leadership were well honed after years of practice but this was also the period of his greatest ruthlessness and brutality This groundbreaking account reveals a different kind of Cromwell showing how he navigated the many forces ranged against him and rose to the pinnacle of his power

From the acclaimed author of The Pursuit of Glory and Frederick the Great a riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th century Poland and Saxony and his catastrophic reign It s been a superb year for history but Augustus the Strong ranks up there with the very very best I cant recommend it strongly enough Simon Sebag Montefiore The wonderful story of one of the worst monarchs in European history told with enormous wit and scholarship by a supremely talented historian If you have the slightest interest in Germans Poles porcelain jewels the Enlightenment military disasters or the pleasures of fox tossing then this is the book for you Dominic Sandbrook Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2025 Augustus is one of the great what ifs of the 18th century He could have turned the accident of ruling two major realms into the basis for a powerful European state a bulwark against the Russians and a block on Prussian expansion Alas there was no opportunity Augustus did not waste and no decision he did not get wrong By the time of his death Poland was fatally damaged and would subsequently disappear as an independent state until the 20th century Tim Blanning s wonderfully entertaining and original new book

The author of She Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration and back again LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2025 THE TELEGRAPH S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A glorious work of history a gripping and haunting tragedy There was no book published this year novels included that I found richer in character no plot more taut Tom Holland The Spectator A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history a compulsive unputdownable real life thriller a gripping portrait of ruthless power politics and a study of British tyranny written with the delicacy and elegance of one of Britain s most brilliant historians at the top of her game Simon Sebag Montefiore If ever a book of history was blessed with contemporary relevance this one is The dumbfounding delusional narcissistic King Richard the white knuckle ride of Henry IV dogged all the way by notions of illegitimacy I feel these men could have been ripped from today s headlines The book s great achievement is in the storytelling the unfolding drama the secrets of power and ambition so beautifully controlled

PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE SUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 STUNNINGLY GOOD THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 COMPULSIVE A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 BRILLIANT A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A delicious grippingly paced tale of rogues riotous sex regicide and realpolitik INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS This is the page turner that Buckingham s short racy life deserves DAILY TELEGRAPH Vivid erudite and sympathetic The Scapegoat shows that Hughes Hallett s eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever THE TIMES Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAING As King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a leader who made many mistakes who misjudged his friends and

En esta obra su autora analiza a Erzsébet Báthory como figura histórica que vivió en un determinado contexto social, la Hungría de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI y comienzos del XVII, pero también trata el mito que se ha construido en torno a ella, basculando, asi, entre dos ambitos, compilando evidencias, lineas de interpretacion, y aportando conclusiones o hipotesis. La construccion del personaje de la Bathory se ha alimentado en la cultura popular extendiendose al ambito del turismo.

In her first non fiction book in a decade the no 1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically Eat Pray Love and creatively Big Magic shows how to break free In 2000 Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya They became friends then best friends then inseparable When tragedy entered their lives the truth was finally laid bare the two were in love They were also a pair of addicts on a collision course toward catastrophe What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love or to any other passion substance or craving and who yearns at long last for liberation

Guerreras olvidadas. Heroínas silenciadas. Durante siglos, la historia de la guerra ha sido contada de forma casi exclusiva en masculino. Pero desde los campos de batalla de la Antigüedad hasta las t

Una obra de no-ficció que revela un dels capítols més commovedors i desconeguts de la postguerra: la història de la maternitat d’Elna, un refugi al sud de França on van néixer més de 600 infants fill

Reúne cuatro textos cuyo contenido se mueve en dos planos: el de las vivencias personales y el de circunstancias más objetivas, siempre afectivamente relevantes de cada entorno.