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Felipe II es uno de los personajes más importantes de nuestra historia. Su gran personalidad y la complejidad de la Europa de su tiempo, le confieren un protagonismo especial en una época de gran plenitud vital en el continente. Enrique Martínez Ruiz, uno de los más reconocidos especialistas en el periodo, aborda en esta extraordinaria biografía, ricamente ilustrada, las tres principales facetas vitales de Felipe II.

Los malos de la historia: Malinche «Empezaré por una advertencia. Si el lector busca entre estas páginas una biografía del tipo: "La Malinche nació en el año tal, cursó sus estudios en la escuela primaria Herederos de Chimalpopoca, se graduó con honores, amó con pasión incondicional y...

Nació en Burdeos, en 1122, y murió en Fonteurault, en 1204. Duquesa de Aquitania y de Gascuña, era también condesa de Poitou. Su matrimonio con Luis VII de Francia se disolvió en 1154, y contrajo nuevas nupcias con Enrique II Plantagenet de Inglaterra, lo que unió sus dominios a la corona...

Aunque de origen alemán, tuvo una excelente formación a 'la francesa'. Asumió el cargo de emperatriz como sucesora de su marido Pedro III, que murió en un complot en 1762 (año que Catalina tomó el poder). Por su estrategia de política interior y exterior intentó una europeización del...

Kein Ostjude geht freiwillig nach Berlin. Berlin ist eine Durchgangsstation, in der man aus zwingenden Gründen länger verweilt. Hierher kommen die Emigranten, die über Hamburg und Amsterdam nach Amerika wollen. Sie haben nicht genug Geld. Oder ihre Papiere sind nicht in Ordnung.

The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the 20th century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California.

Nel secondo volume della serie “Breve Storia di Napoleone Bonaparte” si ripercorrono le tappe fondamentali delle due campagne militari che portarono al successo del giovane comandate francese e alla creazione del suo mito. Nella campagna d’Italia, combattuta tra il 1796-1797, Napoleone dimostrò abili capacità strategiche e grandi doti condottiere.

En 15 lecciones conocerás la vida de la monarca más longeva de los últimos tiempos ISABEL II fue la monarca inglesa más longeva y ostenta también el récord del reinado más largo de la monarquía británica: 70 años y 127 días. Durante su regencia, en la que desfilaron 15 primeros...

Trapped in Poland in 1941, like many Jews, Millie Werber went from the Radom Ghetto to slave labor in an armaments factory, survived Auschwitz, and toiled in a second factory until liberation came on April 1, 1945. She faced death many times but lived to marry a good man and fellow survivor. Meanwhile, she concealed a photograph in her closet and carried a secret in her heart.

La llegada al trono de Isabel II, cuando aún era una niña, suscitó una guerra civil y abrió el camino para la ruptura liberal con el absolutismo. Reinó bajo la larga sombra de una madre poderosa que la despreciaba, de un marido que la odiaba y de unos partidos liberales que, incapaces de entenderse entre ellos, trataron de manipularla en beneficio propio.

The famous journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich documents his front row seat at the pivotal events leading up to World War II. In the second of a three-volume series, William L. Shirer tells the story of his own eventful life, detailing the most notable moments of his career as a journalist stationed in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. Shirer was there while Hitler celebrated his new domination of Germany, unleashed the Blitzkrieg on Poland, and began the conflict that would come to be known as World War II.

Are you searching for true heroes your children can look up to? Step into the turning point of America’s fight for freedom with Profiles of Valor: Vol. 2, a virtue-driven collection of biographical sketches from the War of Independence.

Avsnittet "FOLKETS DROTTNING" handlar om hur Diana, för första gången sedan hon var 20 år, står på egna ben: Men vem är hon, när hon inte är prinsessa och det brittiska folkets framtida drottning? Serien "DEN ENGELSKA KUNGAFAMILJEN" är full av skandaler, hemligheter, rikedom, plikter och olycklig kärlek. Alla ord och begrepp som vi kanske förknippar med det engelska kungahuset. I den här serien gör vi en resa genom de senaste hundra åren och umgås med hela den berömda och beryktade kungafamiljen.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality, from the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and the host of the Revolutions podcast. "Immensely compelling." —The New York Times Few in...

April 7, 1944 - This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over 100 miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz. Originally published in the early 1960s, I Escaped from Auschwitz is the striking autobiography of none other than Rudolf Vrba himself. Vrba details his life leading up to, during, and after his escape from his 21-month internment in Auschwitz.

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, became one of the most prominent abolitionists, orators, and writers in American history. His life story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the pursuit of freedom. Douglass escaped slavery in his early twenties and dedicated his life to the abolitionist cause. Through his powerful speeches, autobiographical writings, and activism, he fought for the rights of African Americans and became a leading voice in the fight against slavery.

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park. How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes?

I början av 2020 väljer prins Harry och Meghan, som blivit hertiginna, att lämna det brittiska kungahuset. I en intervju med Oprah Winfrey talar de ut och anklagar kungafamiljen för rasism och mobbning. Därefter väljer de två att lämna England och börja ett nytt kapitel i sina liv i USA. "FARVÄL ENGLAND, GODDAG HOLLYWOOD" är det andra av två avsnitt om prins Harry och Meghan Markles kärlek och deras kamp mot pressen och den rigorösa engelska monarkin. Lyssna också på de andra avsnitten om bland annat prinsessan Diana, drottning Elizabeth II, och prins William och Kate Middleton.

Thomas Cromwell started as a scrappy blacksmith’s son from Putney. Before he became the King’s right-hand man, Cromwell was a soldier, a merchant, and (allegedly) a bit of a dodgy dealer. By the time Henry VIII noticed him, he’d already survived Italy, bankruptcy, and at least one attempt on his life. Somehow, he ended up masterminding the greatest religious upheaval England had ever seen.

We have a dead second wife and a missing first wife…we’ve got a huge problem here.’ Detective Peter Seymour Seven Bones is the story of one of the more bizarre murder investigations in Australia’s history. Two wives die in suspicious circumstances: co-incidence or, as husband Thomas Keir...