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En un tiempo donde las mujeres no pueden decidir su futuro y los reyes las usan como simples peones en el juego de la política, lady Elizabeth MacDermont se rebela contra las intenciones de su hermano de unirla en matrimonio al único hombre que puede hacerle sombra, el barón de Rostalch. Utilizando las artimañas propias de su sexo decide demostrarle que no hay súbditos tan leales como él parecer creer. A cambio, será libre de elegir su destino. Pero ¿logrará su propósito o la arrolladora personalidad de su contrincante conseguirá desbaratar sus planes?

A beautiful metaphor about the history of mankind. Birds represent the ambitions of the people. Good intentions become perverted; but a gleam of hope shines on the horizon.

A study of the relationship betwen court festivity and theatre in 16c Spain. Dr Ferrer Valls studies the relationship between court festivity and theatre in the sixteenth century, placing special emphasis on staging. She argues that throughout the reign of Philip II court spectacle perpetuates the complicated staging of traditional performances, but with greater emphasis on their dramatic aspects and on the use of music and song. In the first two decades of the seventeenth century, and above all in specific plays by Lope de Vega, court spectacles come to reflect also the influence of Italian...

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...

Estudio bibliográfico que viene siendo una ampliación de la ponencia que el autor presentó y leyó en octubre de 1976, con motivo del II Simposio sobre el Padre Feijóo y su siglo, en la Universidad de Oviedo, en aquel momento referida a once escritores: "Alea, Bernaldo de Quirós, Camino Orella, Castro Fernández, Cervela Soto, Cornide Saavedra, Herbella de Puga, Lameyro García, Rodríguez Conde, Vicario Lamas, Villar Bermúdez de Castro". En la presente edición se amplía el primitivo estudio objeto de la ponencia con nuevos datos y documentación actualizada de los mencionados...