ASUNTO: FRENESÍ AMOROSO

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

En 1959 la Universidad del Valle publicó una edición de “El Alférez Real” de Eustaquio Palacios, comentada por Alberto Carvajal, uno de los intelectuales más prestigiosos de su tiempo. El libro, publicado originalmente en 1886, tiene el mérito de reconstruir la vida de las grandes haciendas vallecaucanas, que fueron determinantes en la formación de la economía regional en el Siglo XVIII, y las costumbres patriarcales que se desarrollaron a su alrededor. Eustaquio Palacios escoge el escenario de Cañasgordas, la Casa Grande, como la llamaban entonces, para la historia de amor con un ...

Zoe and her band hit the Big Apple. Will they be able to prevent a crazy scheme to construct apartment buildings inside the iconic Central Park? For this adventure, they will need all the help they can get!

Offers detailed analyses and reconstructions of Picon's eight novels. Of special significance to modern readers are his conceptions of Spanish history and character, patriotism, and women and sex -- conceptions that for their day may be considered advanced.