La rama dorada

Gilles de Rais es un personaje controvertido, luchó junto a Juana de Arco, y, según interpretan algunos, llegando a ser su confidente y uno de los pocos amigos verdaderos que intentaron salvarla, convirtiéndose por ello en un héroe nacional, para después caer en desgracia al descubrirse que había violado y asesinado brutalmente a multitud de niños, convirtiéndole por tanto en uno de los monstruos más impactantes de su tiempo y que ha sido inspiración de personajes literarios de gran crueldad. Las dos visiones del mismo personaje conviven en la memoria popular y tanto héroe o...

Urquizo narra los sucesos ocurridos en un célebre periodo revolucionario de México, que comienza con la traición de algunos militares a las órdenes de Victoriano Huerta, en seguida convertido en dictador, contra el presidente Francisco I. Madero y el vicepresidente José María Pino Suárez. Urquizo mismo fue durante el régimen maderista soldado federal -miembro de las guardias presidenciales- y después constitucionalista.

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