Bibliografia Madrilena;

Bringing the everyday lives of everyday people into the spotlight, each one of the titles in this series takes a look at the day-to-day details of ancient civilizations and their time periods. They also offer insight into daily chores, family structures, and the practice of religion. Through these pages, today's readers can see the everyday details that have managed to survive space and time. Reflejando la vida cotidiana de la gente común, cada uno de los títulos de la colección intenta rescatar las particularidades de los pueblos de la antigüedad y de los períodos históricos que hoy...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Este libro nos ofrece una sugestiva síntesis de los sucesos acaecidos a principios del siglo I a.C. entre los dos grandes personajes que marcaron ese periodo Cayo Mario y Lucio Cornelio Sila. A lo largo de sus páginas se analizan y se siguen los acontecimientos de ese periodo tan convulso de la Historia de Roma y que acabó debilitando de forma irremediable la vieja República, dejando el terrado sembrado para los dictadores cuyo cénit se alcanzará con Julio César y un nuevo régimen político, el Imperio. ¿Qué sucedió? ¿Quién y cómo se inició la disputa que terminó en una...