La puerta del Sol

¿Sabía que Madrid cuenta con el resto de muralla árabe más antiguo de Espana? ?Y que la ciudad tuvo una muralla árabe y otra cristiana? Aunque hasta hace pocos anos se ha venido afirmando que ha habido dos murallas árabes, hoy se acepta que la primera sí lo fue y que la segunda era de fabricación cristiana. En este libro se ofrece un recorrido histórico, profundo y actualizado por las murallas más antiguas de la ciudad. Autora con más de treinta títulos publicados, especializada en los temas de Madrid, tal y como puede verse en este catálogo.

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common...

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The essays in this volume, taken together, span the era of British history from 1780 to the present that has engrossed the attention of Brian Harrison in a career of more than fifty years. In keeping with his diverse interests, they vary widely in subject matter. Yet each contributes, in some fashion, to an appreciation of the complexities of reform in modern Britain. Throughout his career Harrison has demonstrated an unwavering interest in social movements and pressure groups. He has analysed the organisation of reform movements and their bases of support; explored the aspirations and...

Si el amor de Orsolya sólo se debe a la suerte ciega, si cuando se vuelve imposible no exige todavía con más tenacidad la plenitud de la existencia, entonces todas las promesas de nuestra juventud han sido un balbuceo somnoliento de enfermos mentales y de embusteros, y hubiera sido mejor que nunca nos conociéramos. La Segunda Guerra Mundial ha terminado. En una Humgría devastada, dos jóvenes, Attila y Orsolya, pertenecientes a clases sociales opuestas, viven una historia de amor imposible. Juntos descubrirán los límites de una relación que les llevará, en un intento desesperado por...