El águila y la serpiente

El Alto imperio de Roma (27 a.C.-235 d.C.) es uno de los periodos más trascendentales de la historia antigua: la larga y continuada época de paz propiciada por los emperadores permitió una gran prosperidad económica que repercutió, por ejemplo, en el embellecimiento de las ciudades del imperio, siendo Roma el caso más característico. Sin embargo, tras la imagen de estabilidad que trasmite el periodo altoimperial, se esconden sombras y tensiones que acabarían por conducir al modelo de monarquía militar a finales de la época de los Severos -a partir del año 235-, que dio paso a un...

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

n the last decades—and especially since the 1990s—there has been a noticeable reemergence of the nineteenth century in Southern Cone culture. Popular nineteenth-century figures (indios, gauchos, letrados, and cautivas) have reentered the national literary scene in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Nineteenth-century heroes such as San Martín and Artigas are again the main protagonists of Southern Cone theater, film, and literature. Canonical nineteenth-century texts (La cautiva, Martín Fierro, Facundo) are being rewritten one more time in different artistic fields. Foundational...

This book is perhaps the most profound, sincere, and all encompassing look into the character of the Cuban people: their triumphs and falls, their past, present and future. An important and lucid book for understanding the history and reality of the Cuban nation.