Novedades del último mes en libros de Historia de los países de Europa

There are few bits of history more mythologised sensitive and political than Sparta but luckily we have Bayliss Dan Snow creator of History HitSparta its legendary warriors and steadfast resilience are famous throughout the world as a model for toughness justice and masculinity The Spartans reputation as fighters is matched only by their mythic code of honour Their torch has been carried by footballers and politicians video games and philosophers alike But who really were the Spartans And what was the driving force behind the rise and dramatic fall of Sparta Sparta traces the story of Ancient Greece s most iconic city state from its humble beginnings as a hamlet in the Peloponnese to its meteoric rise as the foremost military superpower of the Classical world Andrew Bayliss uncovers the eclectic quirks that set Sparta above its rivals its famous double monarchy the harsh methods for raising children as soldiers and the unique role of women in Spartan life Sparta was an ancient superpower and its legacy is still shaping popular culture and politics today This is the story of its rise and fall

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The bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches returns with a gripping vividly told journey into his family s wartime past In this rich engrossing book Gaskill succeeds in his aim of writing a story that in good conscience feels real As I finished his book I began to see my own family s past through his glass mountain Ian Ellison Literary Review Gaskill s account is as much about what cannot be known about the past as what can still be reconstructed even as the last witnesses to the Second World War pass from sight his ability to explore the overgrown byways of history almost as a form of travel writing is again winningly on show here James Owen The Sunday Times Malcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great uncle Ralph s wartime adventures he d been a prisoner in Italy and he d cut his way out of a train with a knife and fork Apart from that he d faded into family folklore lost to view Until one hot afternoon in an English country garden a chance conversation set Gaskill on his uncle s trail What Ralph really did in the war was he discovers even more extraordinary than the exaggerations of family myth From last ditch fighting in the Libyan desert and incarceration in a Puglian prisoner of war camp to desperate dramatic escapes an

A brilliant history of Britain from 500 million BC to the next election Taking the reader on a time travelling adventure around the spindly sea wracked islands we call home The Discovery of Britain is panoramic and intimate poignant and shocking seriously funny and enlightening in the most surprising way In historian Graham Robb s assured hands and often from the unique vantage point of his bicycle we encounter an entertaining cast of characters foreign and homegrown drop in on places and events and dwell on the successes and catastrophes across British history seeing it all as it s never been seen before Political geographical and social in scope and with intriguing maps and illustrations throughout The Discovery of Britain can be devoured whole or each chapter read in the time it takes to change a bicycle tyre or roll and smoke a cigarette The wonderful choice of how to enjoy this original and sweeping history of Britain from ancient settlements swallowed up by the sea to recent political earthquakes is yours

An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year A rigorous myth busting look at the city s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism Financial Times

Rethinking the history of the last thirteen centuries in Crucible of Light Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim and Christian worlds Focusing on major turning points individual stories and key places from Mecca to Cordoba from Damascus to Venice and from Vienna to Istnbul Drayson tracks the themes that unite us classical learning preserved in Islamic libraries the enduring influence of Moorish architecture and design the food we share the goods we have traded and the continuing dialogue between individuals and cultures that has permeated Europe s history and shaped its borders It is a history that sweeps across cities and continents from Spanish patios and palaces to Ottoman inspired coffee houses in 17th century London to the Mezquita in Cordoba once a mosque now a cathedral the physical embodiment of the ongoing discourse that continues to shape European identity

A captivating portrait of Yanis Varoufakis s political awakening told through the history of his family from 1924 to the present A new book by Yanis Varoufakis one of the most important political figures of our times is always momentous KEN LOACHWhen Yanis Varoufakis was eight years old his uncle made him a model airplane out of matchsticks and cigarette papers all he could find in his cell Yet to his dismay his mother Eleni broke open the fragile gift revealing a hidden message instructions for fellow dissidents ahead of their forthcoming court martial It was 1969 and Uncle Panayis was a political prisoner captured and tortured for resisting the military dictatorship Dramatic in scope and deep in feeling Raise Your Soul is an intimate portrait of three generations caught up in the whirlwind of history It is also a remarkable narrative spanning one hundred years beginning in post colonial Egypt in the 1920s and then tracing Greece s tumultuous century through Nazi occupation communist resistance civil war Cold War fracture fascist dictatorship socialist revival and present day economic crisis At its heart are the women whose resilience defiance and courage inspired the visionary economist most Eleni Anna Trisevgeni Georgia and Danae Thr

Democracies are fragile Freedoms that seem secure can be lost Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic

A Times Best Art Book of the Year 2024 A riot of a book Country Life s Books of the Year 2024 The modern art market was born on a single night On 15 October 1958 Sotheby s of Bond Street staged an event sale of Impressionist paintings from the collection of an American banker Erwin Goldschmidt three Manets two Cezannes one Van Gogh and a Renoir Movie stars and other celebrities attended in black tie and saw the seven lots go for 781 000 at the time the highest price for a single art sale Overnight London became the world centre of the art market and Sotheby s an international auction house The event signalled a shift in power from dealers to auctioneers and pointed the way for Impressionist paintings to dominate the market for the next forty years In this climate Sotheby s and Christie s became a great business duopoly as aggressive dominant and competitive in the field of art sales as Pepsi and Coca Cola were in soft drinks The resulting expansion of the market was accompanied by rocketing prices colourful scandals and legal dramas Over the decades London transformed itself from a place of old master sales to a revitalised centre of contemporary art a process crowned by the opening of Tate Modern in 2000 James Stourton tells the story

A new and radically original account of the longest military conflict in European history which challenges the conventional periodisation of the Hundred Years War to consider a much longer period of Anglo French conflict Michael Livingston argues that the English lens through which the war has been viewed has led historians to define it in terms of English interests most famously the claim of the English Plantagenet king Edward III to be the rightful king of France and that the events collectively labelled the Hundred Years War are best seen as a sequence of steps in France s struggle to define itself as a nation For much of the period France s primary rival was indeed England But it was by no means the only combatant Burgundy stood in its way too as did Brittany Flanders Navarre and other rival powers Viewing France as the primary engine driving the war leads Livingston to consider a much longer timespan starting with the Anglo French Pirate War of 1292 which swiftly escalated into a fight over England s feudal possessions in Gascony and ending with the marriage of Charles VIII of France to Anne of Brittany by which Brittany was subsumed into the French realm

Moore is wickedly charming the naughty uncle you want to be sat beside at the dinner table Daily Telegraph Too often history focuses on the tales of kings or those often men who were given the credit for shaping our stories Yet what fascinates most are the figures who have passed through the cracks of history people like The fourteen year old boy who lived undetected in the chimneys of Buckingham Palace Archie Lee the re inventor of Santa Claus The women at Playtex who helped put the first man on the moon Unknown war hero Tommy Brown whose extraordinary bravery helped the code breakers of Bletchley But it s not just forgotten heroes that you ll meet this compendium also reveals the curious back stories behind everyday objects the humble fork the china cup the real history of tea and Queen Victoria s underwear to name but a few The Stuff of History is a thoughtful entertaining and carefully curated miscellany of fascinating forgotten histories from Antiques Roadshow stalwart and popular historian with a huge Instagram following Steven Moore

Entre los documentos de su investigación, la profesora Macarena Moralejo encontró el manuscrito que ahora ofrecemos en estas páginas. Se lo comentó a Javier Rivera, catedrático de Historia de la Arquitectura en la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Alcala quien, viendo el interes que tenia, les propuso a Francisco Peña, Profesor Honorifico del Departamento de Filologia de la UAH, y a Vicente Sanchez Molto, Cronista oficial de la ciudad de Alcala, la edicion comentada de dicho manuscrito. Es francamente notable el interes del texto, como podra comprobar cualquier que abra estas paginas. Manuel Moncayo Molina, estudiante de esta Universidad de Alcala en 1654, describe con precision y belleza las excelencias de la universidad y de la ciudad de Alcala, desgranadas en los versos de las cuarenta octavas reales que componen el manuscrito. El texto expone con claridad la importancia de la universidad en ese momento de esplendor, la constitucion de sus colegios, los personajes historicos mas relevantes? sin dejar de lado aspectos costumbristas de la ciudad como sus fuentes o sus fiestas. Refleja plenamente una ciudad española de la contrarreforma y el barroco. Ademas de todas estas referencias, merece la pena detenerse en la sonoridad de los endecasilabos que construyen estas excelentes octavas reales.

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