El cojo de la bocina y otras historias

Asesinatos, disturbios, huelgas y caballos desbocados. Midlothian en los siglos XVIII y XIX era un lugar interesante para vivir. Este libro introduce al lector en la dura vida de los colliers, el nacimiento de la policía rural y el impacto que el ejército tuvo en la vida del condado al sur de la capital de Escocia. Carreteros y ladrones de tumbas, peones y asesinos, destiladores ilícitos y cazadores furtivos asesinos; todos ellos vivían o trabajaban en Midlothian en una época en la que Escocia estaba pasando de ser una nación rural a una industrial. Midlothian Mayhem le abre las puertas ...

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Gordon Wood recrea los orígenes de la revolución norteamericana, basados en un firme sentido de la independencia y del valor del propio trabajo, y compone un magnífico relato del alzamiento de armas y conciencias que dio luz a la república americana. La revolución norteamericana es parte de la colección Breve Historia Universal, que ofrece una nueva visión de la historia de la humanidad. Gordon Wood, un notable especialista en la historia de Estados Unidos, conduce a los lectores a través de las páginas de este libro con un lenguaje ameno y accesible. Cuando Abraham Lincoln intentó...