El largo siglo XX

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Fernando García de Cortázar nos devuelve el placer de conocer España a través de su gran legado, un interminable río de vidas mayúsculas, ideas, formas artísticas y fantasías literarias, paisajes y ciudades que da rostro a la mejor de nuestras historias. El escritor bilbaíno nos ofrece aquí un apasionante compendio de su sabiduría sobre España: una obra brillante y original, dedicada a recordar, con tanto rigor como talento literario, lo que los españoles hemos sido y creado a lo largo de los siglos. Pocas veces un libro reúne y ordena tanta información de manera tan amena y...

El conocido históricamente como desastre de Annual ocurrió en el verano de 1921, entre el 21 de julio, cuando los rifeños rebeldes liderados por un antiguo moro amigo de España, Mohamed Abd-el-Krim, ocuparon la posición española de Igueriben, y el 10 de agosto, con la rendición y matanza en Monte Arruit. Entre medias, miles de militares españoles sufrieron un auténtico viacrucis al emprender una retirada desesperada y condenada al fracaso. Las noticias de tales hechos, así como el posterior cautiverio de centenares de militares y paisanos españoles, conmocionaron a España entera y ...

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