La fabricación de un imaginario

Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (Cuéllar, 1549 - Madrid, 1626), cronista, historiador y escritor prolífico del Siglo de Oro, es autor, entre otras obras, de la Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del mar Océano o Décadas, considerada una de las primeras "Historias de América", principalmente de los descubrimientos y conquistas. Fue Cronista Mayor de Castilla y de Indias. Está considerado el historiador de temática más amplia en su época. Entre su abundante obra sobresale esta Historia General del Mundo en tiempos de Felipe II, que Mariano...

Rival del España durante siglos por la hegemonía en el Mediterráneo y tan mentado como poco conocido, el Imperio otomano llegó a extenderse desde Arabia hasta el Danubio y desde el Mar Negro hasta el Magreb. Dentro de sus fronteras convivieron pueblos de cultura muy diferente griegos, albaneses, kúrdos, tártaros, árabes... que conservaron sus características definitorias. Todos ellos, con sus tradiciones, costumbres y supersticiones, desfilan por esta obra de Jason Goodwin compartiendo páginas con la magnificencia de Solimán el Magnífico, la pulcritud de la burocracia otomana, el...

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