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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?...

El mítico guerrillero leonés Manuel Girón Bazán es el protagonista de El monte o la muerte, una narración rigurosamente documentada que recupera la memoria de una época polémica de nuestra Historia más reciente. Un interesantísimo relato de los aspectos más desconocidos de la guerrilla antifranquista de posguerra, su vida llena de penosidades y su lucha incansable.

Obra sobre historia de Cuba. Aborda una importante etapa en las luchas revolucionarias cubanas por la independencia real (1952-1958). Se analiza desde la necesidad de un cambio radical en la vida social y política cubana; la creación de un movimiento revolucionario cubano para la lucha armada; las luchas clandestinas; los movimientos guerrilleros cubanos; la gestación del Ejército Rebelde cubano; la conspiración militar de 1958, hasta la rendición de los cuarteles militares de Camagüey y la huida del tirano Fulgencio Batista. Todo esto desde la experiencia de la autora, quien...