Mas Alla de los Pilares de la Tierra / Beyond the Pillars of the Earth

In this new adventure, Dr. Brot and his assistant, Nap, are planning to construct a megamall that would wipe Galerna Park and the city of Agus off the map. Luckily, Pintaca s paintbrushes and Octosol s guitar have arrived to save the day but not without an adventure!"

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...

One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350¡1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.

Si en el siglo XVII El Quijote y las obras de fueron las más importantes en la literatura europea, en el siglo XVI sobresalieron las de : Libro áureo de Marco Aurelio, Relox de príncipes, y Epístolas familiares. Fueron las más leídas y más traducidas en toda Europa. Y con toda razón, porque el escaso público lector de la época tenía una elevada cultura, fruto del Renacimiento de las obras griegas y latinas de la antigüedad. El alto grado de belleza literaria conseguido en Grecia y en Roma fue igualado e, incluso, a veces superado por algunos escritores renacentistas, porque a la...