La gestión del poder

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An Economist Best Book of the Year “Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color . . . Fascinating.”—Stephen Schuker, The Wall Street Journal From the bestselling author of The Third Reich at War, a masterly account of Europe in the age of its global hegemony; the latest volume in the Penguin History of Europe series Richard J. Evans, bestselling historian of Nazi Germany, returns with a monumental new addition to the acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series, covering the period from the fall of ...

Francisco Marcos de Velasco (1635-1693) protagonizó un espectacular ascenso social desde unos orígenes hidalgos humildes hasta llegar a ser gobernador de la ciudadela de Amberes en 1679 y marqués del Pico de Velasco en 1684. El medio utilizado para su meteórica carrera fue el ingreso en la red clientelar de los condestables de Castilla, mediante un supuesto común origen familiar, y la carrera profesional en el ejército, en lo que seguía a otros miembros de su familia directa. Vivió en años muy difíciles para la monarquía hispánica en la Europa del Norte. Años en los que...