Rivera de Las Piedras

"Hace veinte años, cuando se publicó la primera edición de este libro, se celebraba en todo el mundo el final del segundo milenio. Se trata, claro está, de una pura convención, fijada arbitrariamente y con varios siglos de retraso por los reformadores cristianos del calendario para hacer coincidir el año uno (aproximadamente) con la fecha del nacimiento de Cristo. Una convención, pues, que en teoría no afecta a las tres cuartas partes de la humanidad que utilizan calendarios distintos: chinos, indios, todo el Islam. Pero que sí los afecta en la práctica. Porque la práctica de este...

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Empobrecido y exhausto tras cincuenta anos de guerras continuas, el gran imperio espanol negocio, en los ultimos anos del siglo XVI y primeros del XVII, tratados con sus tres enemigos mas poderosos: Inglaterra, Francia y los Paises Bajos. Paul Allen sostiene que los gestos de paz del rey formaban, en realidad, parte de una gran estrategia que permitiria a Espana recuperar su fuerza militar y economica mediante enganosos senuelos presentados a sus adversarios para apartarlos de sus empresas militares.