Historia contemporánea de Europa 1789-1989

Abril de 1937: el asedio al Santuario de la Cabeza de Andújar se salda con doscientos muertos; muchos son mujeres y niños. Allí desapareció una familia compuesta por un matrimonio y sus cinco hijas. Sus cuerpos reposan en un cementerio de tumbas sin nombre. Tres décadas después, en otro pueblo de la provincia surge un misterio que aún nadie ha logrado resolver; unas efigies atormentadas afloran en el suelo de una cocina de pastores. En los rostros, gestados por las zonas oscuras del cemento, no hay pintura ni añadidos. Un imposible cuyo eco alcanzará las portadas de todos los...

The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli is one of his most celebrated works regarding western philosophy and politics. It constitutes a polemic and irreverent way of thinking that is a bit ironic but always lucid. You'll be captivated by a timeless assessment of power, status, and their origins, as well as how these are legitimized.

As a veteran Israeli guide I realised that there was no concise history book for the amateur historian wanting to understand the complex history of this small piece of land nestled between Egypt and the Fertile Crescent so I wrote and published this book in 1996. An updated edition was published in 2000 and the third edition in 2010. My greatest joy is when people who are not history buffs tell me they enjoyed the book and learnt from it.

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