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A lo largo de siglos de guerras y conquistas, sólo unos pocos hombres se han convertido en guerreros legendarios gracias a su valor, su astucia, su ambición, su capacidad de liderazgo y su talento como estrategas. Sus gestas cambiaron el destino de pueblos enteros, derribaron y construyeron imperios, redibujaron los mapas, corrieron de boca en boca... En este apasionante libro el aclamado historiador Frank McLynn penetra en las mentes de seis de los más grandes líderes militares de la historia.

Enviado por el Museo de Historia Natural de París, a la edadde 23 años, el joven naturalista francés Alcide d'Orbigny recorriódurante ocho años la América meridonal (Brasil, Argentina,Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Perú y Bolivia) y a su regreso a Francia compuso una monumental obra publicada entre 1835 y 1847 con el título de Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale en nuevetomos y 11 volúmenes con más de 5 mil paginas y 500 ilustraciones. A pedido del presidente boliviano José Ballivián, en 1845 se editó un fragmento de la obra de d'Orbigny y no fue sino hasta un siglo después que la...

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