El collar de la paloma

Nacido, criado y educado en Flandes, Carlos V se convertiría a los quince años de edad en el primer rey de Castilla, Aragón y Navarra. Hijo de Juana I de Castilla, a la que tendría décadas encerrada en Tordesillas, y nieto de Maximiliano de Habsburgo, de quien heredaría el título de emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico, luchó incansablemente por dotar de cohesión los vastos territorios de su dominio, librándolos de los principios feudales de la Edad Media y buscando que imperara en ellos la unidad religiosa, lo que le enfrentó a franceses, otomanos y luteranos. Este...

Este libro descubre una Guerra Civil española desnuda de épica e idealismo, en la que miles de hombres desafiaron el reclutamiento obligatorio y encontraron en la deserción la única vía de escape a los horrores del frente de combate. Pedro Corral ha rastreado las huellas de los españoles llamados a filas que escaparon por centenares a los montes o que buscaron recomendaciones en la retaguardia para no ser movilizados; combatientes asesinados desde sus propias trincheras al intentar evadirse; soldados que se dispararon a las extremidades para ser evacuados; ancianos y niños encarcelados ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...