La batalla de Inglaterra

Analyzing the writing of numerous female voices opposed to the Spanish Civil War—including women from England, the United States, Canada, and Australia—this study explores the 1930s and the culture of women who lived it. In addition to enriching the understanding of the war's political and sociological aspects, it demonstrates the legacy of women's history in the 20th century and highlights the importance of feminine aesthetics in the ever-changing context of writing—an art previously reserved for men. Analizando las escrituras de varias voces femeninas en contra de la guerra civil...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

Nefertiti (la “hermosa”) es una de las figuras más misteriosas y atractivas de la historia. Esposa del gran faraón Ajenatón, vivió durante el período de Amarna, el más tumultuoso y desconocido del Antiguo Egipto. La doctora Fletcher nos cuenta en este libro cómo, durante unas excavaciones en el Valle de los Reyes, encontró una momia olvidada, depositada hace más de tres mil años en una cámara contigua a la tumba KV.35, que ella ha identificado como Nefertiti. Sus investigaciones y descubrimientos, que se narran aquí con la tensión de una historia de detectives, nos muestran...

Gli undici saggi qui raccolti ripropongono i frutti ancora attuali di un incontro tenuto a Pisa nel 1998 tra studiosi spagnoli, italiani e francesi sui rapporti tra gli Stati italiani e la Spagna durante il periodo della "preponderanza" di quest'ultima. Tema classico, che à ̈ stato considerato in questo caso in un'ottica interdisciplinare e alla luce degli scambi di civiltà (politici, culturali, letterari) che si sono stabiliti fra i diversi poli nel corso del Cinque-Seicento. Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali