La marca de España

Six years after his successful Alice in Wonderland story was published, Lewis Carroll decided to create a sequel. Lots of what happens in this story seems to be reflected in a mirror. This two-part tale made the author into one of the world's greats.

1546. King Henry VIII is dying. His councilors are engaged in a power struggle; whoever wins will control the government. The Catholic party focuses its attack on Henry's sixth wife- Queen Catherine Parr. The Queen has authored a radically Protestant confessional book, Lamentation of a Sinner.

Emocionante drama teatral con trasfondo histórico del dramaturgo Antonio Altadill. Con el portentoso sentido de la rima y la profundidad narrativa a la que el autor nos tiene acostumbrados, se nos presenta la figura del rey Jaime I el Conquistador y el reparto de tierras de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón tras la reconquista de territorios y la retirada de los reyes moros a Al-Ándalus. Una vibrante historia de intrigas palaciegas contada con maestría y sensibilidad Antonio Altadill fue un escritor, periodista y politólogo español nacido en Tortosa (Tarragona) en 1828 y fallecido en...

Jose Antonio Villarreal illuminates here the world of pochos, Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans--whatever their past.