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Desde la muerte del dictador Francisco Franco se ha consolidado un relato complaciente de la Guerra Civil española: la guerra que comenzó en 1936 fue un enfrentamiento fratricida entre iguales, un conflicto lleno de dolor que tuvo su origen en los errores de unos y otros. Pareciera que, en cierta forma, ambos bandos perdieron. Esta narración, sin ser incierta en su totalidad, es abiertamente tendenciosa. La equidistancia respecto de los acontecimientos históricos no depende tan sólo de lo que se dice, sino de lo que no se dice, y en la historia de la Guerra Civil española son muchas las ...

“Each war entails the destruction of the human soul” (Henry Miller). Humanity should not lose its memory, even if some may try to conceal it. From the hindsight afforded by the passing of 75 years from the events narrated, with freedom of thought and a totally independent standpoint, Pacific Media have undertaken an arduous research which has resulted in the series: “The Finest Hours of WWII". From the atrocious moment in which Hitler ordered the invasion of Polish territory to the day in which Emperor Hirohito “had to accept the unacceptable”, all is encompassed in this book over...

A les darreries de l'edat mitjana, el patrimoni de la Corona a les comarques de la Vall d'Albaida i l'Alcoià estava format per les viles d'Ontinyent, Alcoi, Biar, Bocairent i Penàguila, enquadrades administrativament per les seues respectives batllies locals. D'elles extreia la monarquia unes rendes d'accentuat caràcter agrari, on predominaven el terç-delme, els monopolis reials -forns, molins, carnisseries- i els tributs fixos de la peita i la cena. El caràcter estable dels tipus impositius d'aquests drets i les modalitats de la seua gestió -arrendaments, emfiteusi- limitaven la...