España en Perú (1796-1824)

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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...

Excerpt from El Teniente General Don Pablo Morillo Primer Conde de Cartagena, Marqués de la Puerta (1778-1837), Vol. 2: Estudio Biográfico; Documentos Justificativos, Guerra de la Independencia y Primer Año, 1815, de la Expedición a Costafirme Guerra de la Independencia y prime: año, 1815, de la Expedición Costañrme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the...

Tomo I de Chile en la Colección América Latina en la Historia Contemporánea. Dirigido por Joaquín Fermandois y coordinado por Ricardo Couyoumdjian. La independencia de Chile fue el resultado de un complejo proceso que, doscientos años después, sigue suscitando el debate entre los historiadores y el interés entre los amantes de la historia. Conocer las características de este periodo, las causas de la emancipación y sus repercusiones en el escenario internacional es el objetivo de este volumen, el primero de una serie de cinco sobre la historia contemporánea chilena. Los sucesos de...