Julio Romero de Torres

Egypt's sun queen magnificently revealed in a new book by renowned Egyptologist, Aidan Dodson Nefertiti's name and face are perhaps the best known of any royal woman of ancient Egypt, yet for many she is little more than an icon or archetype of ancient beauty. However, recent research has fleshed out our knowledge--or at least credible hypotheses--about her life and career, pointing to her being an important political figure in her own right, rather than simply the principal spouse of the so-called "heretic king," Akhenaten, and mother-in-law (if not mother) of Tutankhamun. In Nefertiti,...

Premio Nacional de Historia 2011 Luces y sombras de la monarquía en uno de los periodos más convulsos de la historia de España. 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. Su concepción del poder monárquico, netamente patrimonial, fue de la mano de la inadecuación de su...

A compilation of 304 biographical works of which the more important were published between 1602 and 1926, have been used to compile this archive which contain entries on 123,000 individuals. Approximately 50% of the material pertains exclusively to Spain and Portugal, the Balearic and Canary Islands.

Autobiografía de Henry Ford, fundador de la Ford Motor Company y pionero de la producción en cadena.