Libros

Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the (...)

Corre el año 1555 y el emperador Carlos V, con apenas 55 años, es un viejo cansado de tanta lucha. Tras abdicar de sus tronos, desembarca en España para retirarse en el apartado monasterio extremeño de Yuste. Junto a él viajan sus relojes, pero ante la poca vida que siente que le queda pide a su (...)

In July 1936, a pro-fascist coup orchestrated by General Franco tore Spain apart and plunged the country into a bitter civil war. Like Spain itself, the Spanish Navy was torn in two: crews and most ships remained loyal to the Republican government but many of the Navy's officers joined Franco's (...)

Este volúmen reúne dos novelas breves vinculadas por su escenario, Venecia, especialmente significativo en el estilo de Mann por ser a menudo correlato de un mundo dominado por la belleza al borde de la decadencia. En el caso de "Muerte en Venecia", es uno de los relatos más célebres de Mann merced (...)

This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941.The two decades following the Bolshevik victory over the 'Whites' in the Russian Civil War saw widespread and (...)

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns.Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes presents a detailed overview of the Forty-five Rebellion, dispelling the myths that have grown up around battles like (...)

A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II.The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the Wehrmacht fighting with exhausted armoured divisions, albeit now armed with the most advanced and (...)

A study of the little-known career of Germany's Panther, perhaps the greatest tank of World War II, in foreign hands both during and after the war.The Panther was arguably the most successful medium tank design of World War II, demonstrated by the number of Germany's enemies that used them after, (...)

Amadís de Gaula inicia gloriosamente el género de la literatura caballeresca.Inserto en la tradición artúrica, nos presenta una escala de valores humanos: la bondad de armas es la condición suprema del hombre; la belleza es la virtud suprema de la mujer; el hombre lucha por el señorío y por la (...)