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Que fut ce Pedro de Luna qui a été surnommé le Pape de la mer ? Un obstiné, un conquérant, un mystique ? Les trois sans doute. En ce prophète, qui semble avoir pressenti la Réforme, se manifeste le génie politique de l’Aragon, qui s’incarnera à la fin du XVe siècle en Ferdinand avant de trouver son théoricien en Balthazar Gracian. Ainsi cette grande figure de Pedro de Luna se dresse aux sources de l’Espagne comme au début des temps modernes. Il a fallu à Christian Murciaux six ans de patientes recherches et de méditations pour évoquer, en romancier, le destin d’un homme ...

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¿Por qué cambió Heineken la estrella roja de sus cervezas por una estrella blanca? ¿Cómo la URSS pudo desecar el mar de Aral, cuando era el cuarto mayor lago del mundo? ¿Se sorprenderá si le mostramos el desfile conjunto que hicieron tropas alemanas y soviéticas al ocupar una ciudad polaca durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando Hitler y Stalin eran aliados? ¿Sabe que Fidel Castro posee el récord del discurso más largo con siete horas y diez minutos? ¿Conocía que en los países comunistas el Ejército y la Policía tenían equipos de fútbol propios que se llamaban CSKA y...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...