Soldados de Fortuna

A vision of the main empires that have occurred in history, from Egypt to the United States of America. A multitude of maps and illustrations that will help us understand Byzantium, the Chinese and Mongolian empires, the different caliphates, the pre-Columbian empires of America, the Spanish Empire, and more.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Todo cuanto constituye la personalidad de un hombre proviene de la imitación de otros hombres: sus convicciones, sus anhelos, sus gestos. La personalidad puede ser calcada con todos sus atributos, hasta en los detalles más nimios, puede transferirse de un hombre a otro sin variaciones sustanciales, y también puede crearse a partir de distintos modelos. Sin embargo, no puede aspirar a la originalidad. Por decirlo con palabras de Gombrowicz, el autor más aludido en el presente ensayo, la autenticidad está fuera del alcance humano. Un ensayo literario en el que el discurso expositivo se...

Un conjunto de voces muy distintas entre si se hilvanan en este texto para dar vida a un Facundo Quiroga apasionado, integro y descomunal. Las narraciones de su mujer, Dolores, de Sarmiento, de los hermanos Reinafe, de personajes ilustres como Rivadavia, Lavalle, Rosas y Paz, pero tambien la del anonimo Capitan Guerra, van presentando distintos aspectos y matices del "Tigre de los Llanos." Admirado incondicionalmente por algunos, odiado y traicionado por otros, su figura contradictoria sigue generando controversia.Mientras desarrolla este retrato multiple, Daniel Mastroberardino tambien se...