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On the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, touching the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean lies a nation with a proud history that influenced Europe and the rest of the world. But the Portugal of today carries within its soil the history of bygone eras, one that you can trace back to prehistoric times.

The Spanish military coup of 1936 was launched to overturn the social and economic reforms of the democratic Second Republic, and its educational and cultural challenges to the established order. The consequent civil war was fought in the interests of the landowners, industrialists, bankers, clerics and army officers whose privileges were threatened. However, a central justification for a war that took the lives of around 500,000 Spaniards was that it was being fought to combat an alleged scheme for world domination by a non-existent ‘Jewish-Masonic-Bolshevik Conspiracy’.

Siempre en simbiosis con el río Tajo, Toledo se hace visible en la historia escrita a partir de las crónicas latinas, si bien los vestigios arqueológicos se remontan al menos a la Edad del Bronce. Su importancia creciente en el bajo imperio y su situación en el centro peninsular habrían sido determinantes para que la monarquía visigoda hiciese de ella su capital, que asimismo fue adquiriendo un prestigio religioso que no haría sino crecer a lo largo de los tiempos.

La calle Cardenal Herrero de Córdoba es una emblemática calle empedrada imposible de pasar por alto, ya que alberga la espectacular Mezquita-Catedral de la ciudad andaluza. Conocido también como “La Mezquita”, este singular lugar de culto morisco y cristiano recibe alrededor de 1,5 millones de visitantes cada año, la mayoría de los cuales se encuentran fascinados por sus hipnóticas características arquitectónicas y la fascinante historia que ha acontecido y continúa dentro de las hermosas y erosionadas paredes de la iglesia dual.

The Alhambra in Granada, the Mosque in Cordova - these are some of the magnificent physical remnants of Moorish rule in Spain. Their influence on culture, engineering, and civilization has also remained in ways often unacknowledged. Lane-Poole was the first to publish a scholarly history in English about a non-Christian civilization, making this a ground-breaking work. Written with extensive knowledge, wit, and admiration, Lane-Poole’s The Moors in Spain is not to be missed.

Alfonso XIII (Madrid 1886-Roma 1941) fue uno de los personajes más poderosos y controvertidos del siglo XX español. Su reinado cambió el país. Al llegar a la mayoría de edad, en 1902, le presentaron como el salvador de España. Pero tres décadas más tarde, en 1931, tuvo que partir al exilio, barrido por los republicanos y acusado de corrupto. Este libro estudia su figura desde un punto de vista inédito: el de las relaciones entre monarquía e identidad nacional. Como otros monarcas, adoptó el lenguaje del nacionalismo y el gusto por los espectáculos dinásticos.

En la primera mitad del siglo XVI, un puñado de españoles conquistó el continente sudamericano. Al frente de ellos se encontraba Francisco Pizarro y nadie habría dicho que dispusiesen de alguna oportunidad: el terreno que se extendía ante ellos estaba dominado por los implacables Andes y defendido por decenas de miles de soldados pertenecientes al Imperio Inca...

¿Sabía que Cataluña fue una de las regiones más taurinas y donde se recogen los testimonios más antiguos de las corridas de toros en España? ¿O que una de las hijas de El Cid se casó con un conde de Barcelona? ¿Y que soldados catalanes lucharon para el Imperio español desde la Patagonia hasta Alaska? Las historias de los pueblos están llenas de tópicos, falsas leyendas… y olvidos. El Principado de Cataluña no podía ser menos.

La culpa exclusiva de la España castellana por el Desastre del 98, la condena de todo el pasado de España, la inferioridad racial de los españoles, la manipulación de la historia, la utilización de la lengua como arma política, la agitación del odio, la complicidad de la izquierda, la parálisis de la derecha, y el recurso final a la España que nos roba son los temas principales de este trepidante repaso, tan riguroso como mordaz, por el problema más grave con el que se enfrenta la España del siglo XXI.

FNH Audio presents a slightly abridged performance of this third volume of Charles Oman's military history classic. In this third volume, a detailed examination is made of the period from September 1809 to December 1810. This volume covers the battles of Ocana, Cadiz and Bussaco. It also examines in detail Massena's march through Portugal to the lines of Terres Vedras, the lines themselves, and his final retreat away in a desperate search for food.

La gesta de la nación más antigua de Europa creada, con no pocos sinsabores, a lo largo de treinta siglos de historia. Contar la historia de España desde sus orígenes, en la prehistoria, hasta la actualidad, de un modo conciso y divulgativo puede parecer una tarea titánica, a ratos imposible, pero es la tarea que emprende Luis E. Íñigo en esta Breve Historia de España I.

Barcelona and Real Madrid: two of the most powerful and popular clubs in world football, and one of the world's most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the boundaries of just sport alone, this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life, taking in politics and culture and splitting a country in two. El Clasico gets to the heart of that rivalry, investigating the intrigue, the larger-than-life characters, the key flashpoints and their consequences.

Nas últimas semanas de 1889, a tripulação de um navio de guerra brasileira ancorado no porto de Colombo, capital do Ceilão (atual Sri Lanka), foi pega de surpresa pelas notícias alarmantes que chegavam do outro lado do mundo. O Brasil finalmente havia se tornado uma república. Com 67 anos de história, o império brasileiro, tido como a mais sólida, estável e duradoura experiência de governo na América Latina, desabou na manhã de 15 de novembro.

The Spanish Civil War was much more than just an overture to World War II. It was a war born out of schisms in Spanish society between rich and poor, monarchists and Republicans, the right and the left, and between those who supported the church and those who saw it as an instrument of oppression. For all its brutality and horror, the Spanish Civil War was a conflict between ideals often fought by volunteers on each side who truly believed that they were helping to build a better world.

Este libro se adentra en la sobrecogedora pero reveladora historia de la pandemia de Gripe Española de 1918-1919, explorando sus orígenes, síntomas y su propagación global sin precedentes. Desde el impacto de la enfermedad en la vida cotidiana hasta los cambios en las políticas de salud pública, analiza las consecuencias duraderas de la pandemia sobre la sociedad, la ciencia y la cultura, extrayendo enseñanzas fundamentales para el mundo actual.

“Crusade” means a war for the sake of the Cross, a war to protect Christian people from persecution and death on account of their faith in Jesus Christ. Everyone has heard of the crusades of the Middle Ages. But few know of the crusade fought for this same purpose in Spain during the early twentieth century. This is the story of that crusade, now honored in no other book in the English language. Most people who know of the Spanish Civil war do not understand why it was fought or how it was really won. This book will tell you. There is no story like it in the history of the twentieth century.

Our odyssey begins in the little-known Sufi lodges in Cyprus, where Muslims arrived in 647AD. From there, we travel through the continent – visiting places such as Sicily, Malta, Portugal and Spain – encountering red-haired European Sultans and Arabic-speaking Christian Kings. We meet forgotten Muslim pioneers, such as Abbas Ibn Firnas who gave us flight and Ibn Sina who gave us modern medicine. We see the Islam-inspired mudejar art of fourteenth-century Christians in Spain, and how such cross fertilisation birthed Europe’s ‘Renaissance’.

After his victory in 1939, General Francisco Franco ruled Spain with an iron fist for 36 years. Franco’s rapid yet unlikely rise to power in Spain came to define a country for several generations. Franco was influenced by the wider trends and forces of the 20th century, yet he would indelibly make his mark on Spain in his own right, and in the process become one of the most widely derided figures in contemporary history.

Do you know the bloody story of the Spanish Civil War and what we need to learn from it to understand today’s world? The Spanish Civil War is more relevant than ever, yet it is not that well known. However, the lessons that we can learn from the war can help us today in our divided world. The Spanish Civil War is seen as a dress rehearsal for WWII. However, few understand its origins, causes, and main battles.

If you want to discover the captivating history of Spanish, then pay attention. Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: History of Spain: A Captivating Guide to Spanish History, Starting from Roman Hispania Through the Visigoths, the Spanish Empire, the Bourbons, and the War of Spanish Independence to the Present and The Basques: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Basque Country, Starting from Prehistory Through Roman Rule and the Middle Ages to the Present. So if you want to learn more about history of Spain and the Basques, listen to this audiobook now!