Los Paseos de Agatha Christie

"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--

Hermanos, siendo un libro de ficcion trata de vivencias veridicas, y muchas veces personales, de modo que no sabria calificarlo, si biografia o cuento.

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...

Desde la muerte de Napoleón Bonaparte en 1821 se han escrito innumerables libros sobre su vida. Todas las editadas desde 1857 se han basado en la correspondencia que publicó su sobrino Napoleón III, distorsionada con fines políticos. Sin embargo desde 2004, la Fondation Napoléon de París ha sacado a la luz todas y cada una de las más de 33.000 cartas que firmó el propio Napoleón. La culminación de este ingente proyecto exige una reevaluación completa de la visión de este gran personaje, y esta es la primera tarea que Roberts realiza a fondo en este libro. El autor, premiado...