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For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace
by Mark ZuehlkeIn the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 comes a new consideration of Canada's most famous war and the Treaty of Ghent that unsatisfactorily concluded it, from one of this country's premier military historians. In the Canadian imagination, the War of 1812 looms large. It was a war in which British and Indian troops prevailed in almost all of the battles, in which the Americans were unable to hold any of the land they fought for, in which a young woman named Laura Secord raced over the Niagara peninsula to warn of American plans for attack (though how she knew has never been discovered), and in which Canadian troops burned down the White House. Competing American claims insist to this day that, in fact, it was they who were triumphant.But where does the truth lie? Somewhere in the middle, as is revealed in this major new reconsideration from one of Canada's master historians. Drawing on never-before-seen archival material, Zuehlke paints a vibrant picture of the war's major battles, vividly re-creating life in the trenches, the horrifying day-to-day manoeuvring on land and sea, and the dramatic negotiations in the Flemish city of Ghent that brought the war to an unsatisfactory end for both sides. By focusing on the fraught dispute in which British and American diplomats quarrelled as much amongst themselves as with their adversaries, Zuehlke conjures the compromises and backroom deals that yielded conventions resonating in relations between the United States and Canada to this very day.From the Hardcover edition.
Forgotten Victory
by Mark ZuehlkeDuring the winter of 1944-45, the western Allies desperately sought a strategy that would lead to Germany's quick defeat. After much rancorous debate, the Allied high command decided that First Canadian Army would launch the pivotal offensive to win the war-an attack against the Rhineland, an area of Germany on the west bank of the Rhine. Winning this land would give them a launching point for crossing the river and driving into Germany's heartland. This was considered the road to victory. For those who fought, the names of battlegrounds such as Moyland Wood and the Hochwald Gap would forever call up memories of uncommon heroism, endurance and tragic sacrifice. Their story is one largely lost to the common national history of World War II. Forgotten Victory gives this important legacy back to Canadians.
The Gothic Line
by Mark ZuehlkeLike an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army's major offensive, intended to rip through it.The 1st Infantry and 5th Armored Divisions advanced into a killing ground covered by thousands of machine-gun, antitank gun positions, and pillboxes expertly sited behind minefields and dense thickets of barbed wire. Never had the Germans in Italy brought so much artillery to bear or deployed such a great number of tanks.For 28 days, the battle raged as the Allied troops slugged an ever deeper hole into the German defences. The Metauro River, the Foglia River, Point 204, Tomba Di Pesaro, Coriano Ridge, San Martino, and San Fortunato became place names seared into the memories of those who fought there.They fought in a dust-choked land under a searing sun which by battle's end was reduced to a guagmire by rain. But they prevailed and on September 22 won the ground overlooking the Po River Valley, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance.
Holding Juno
by Mark ZuehlkeFollowing his national best-seller, Juno Beach, and with his usual verve and narrative skill, historian Mark Zuehlke chronicles the crucial six days when Canadians saved the vulnerable beachheads they had won during the D-Day landings. D-Day ended with the Canadians six miles inland - the deepest penetration achieved by Allied forces during this longest day in history. But for all the horror endured on June 6 every soldier knew the worst was yet to come. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of June 7 and shortly after dawn counter attacked in force. The ensuing six days of battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself. Although battered and bloody, the Canadians had held their ground and made it possible for the slow advance toward Germany and eventual Allied victory to begin.Holding Juno recreates this pivotal battle through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it, with the same dramatic intensity and factual detail that made Juno Beach, in the words of Quill & Quire reviewer Michael Clark, "the defining popular history of Canada's D-Day battle."
Juno Beach
by Mark ZuehlkeOn June 6, 1944 the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among this number were 18,000 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a wide expanse of sand. Code named Juno Beach. Here, sheltered inside concrete bunkers and deep trenches, hundreds of German soldiers waited to strike the first assault wave with some ninety 88-millimetre guns, fifty mortars, and four hundred machineguns. A four-foot-high sea wall ran across the breadth of the beach and extending from it into the surf itself were ranks of tangled barbed wire, tank and vessel obstacles, and a maze of mines.Of the five Allied forces landing that day, they were scheduled to be the last to reach the sand. Juno was also the most exposed beach, their day's objectives eleven miles inland were farther away than any others, and the opposition awaiting them was believed greater than that facing any other force. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. Yet their grip on Juno Beach was firm.
The Juno Beach Trilogy
by Mark ZuehlkeTogether in one convenient ebook, three of Mark Zuehlke's epics of Canadian soldiers in World War II take us from the dramatic events of D-Day (June 6, 1944) to the days following, and the final push. Juno Beach, Holding Juno and Breakout from Juno focus on the Normandy Invasion and its aftermath.Juno Beach dramatically unfolds as 18,000 Canadian soldiers storm the five-mile-long stretch of Juno Beach. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. The Canadians were the only Allied troop to meet their objectives.Holding Juno chronicles the crucial six days following the successful invasion. The ensuing battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself. The Canadians made it possible for the slow advance toward Germany and an Allied victory.Breakout from Juno takes us to the next battle a month later. On July 4, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division won the village of Carpiquet but not the adjacent airfield. The 3rd Division, 2nd Infantry and 4th Armoured Divisions -- along with a Polish division and several British divisions came together as the First Canadian Army. This is their story.
The Liri Valley
by Mark ZuehlkeThe second instalment in military historian Mark Zuehlke's compelling World War II tales of Canadians overcoming insurmountable odds in Italy.For the allied armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944, Rome was the prize that could only be won through one of the greatest offensives of the war. Following upon his book about the battle of Ortona, Mark Zuehlke returns to the Mediterranean theatre of World War II with this gripping tribute to the valiant Canadians who opened the way for the Allies to take Rome.The Liri Valley is testament to the bravery of these Canadians, like the badly wounded Captain Pierre Potvin, who survived more than thirty hours alone in the hell of no man's land. This book, like the battle it records, will live long in readers' memories.
On to Victory
by Mark ZuehlkeThe eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs," which saw the country's liberation from German occupation.The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation's freedom was won and the war concluded, but these final hostilities cost Canada 6,298 casualties, including 1,482 dead.With his trademark "you are there" style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the combat experience, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this concluding chapter in the story of Canada in World War II.May 4, 2010, will mark the 65th anniversary of the Netherlands' liberation.
Operation Husky
by Mark ZuehlkeOn July 10, 1943, two great Allied armadas of over 2,000 ships readied to invade Sicily. This was Operation Husky, the first step toward winning a toehold in fascist-occupied Europe. Among the invaders were 20,000 Canadian troops serving in the First Canadian Infantry Division and First Canadian Tank Brigade - in their first combat experience. Over the next 28 days, the Allied troops carved a path through the rugged land, despite fierce German opposition. Drawing on firsthand accounts of veterans and official military records, Operation Husky offers a gripping, meticulous account of this seminal operation and the young men who fought, died, and survived it.
Ortona
by Mark ZuehlkeA masterful retelling one of the major victories of Canadian troops over the German army's elite division during WWII.In one blood-soaked, furious week of fighting, from December 20 to December 27, 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division took the town of Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port town at all costs. Infantrymen serving in the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and the Seaforth Highlanders, supported by tankers of the Three Rivers Regiment, moved from house to house in hand-to-hand combat amid heavy shelling and wrested the town from the grip of the fierce German defenders. Getting into Ortona had been a battle of its own. Ortona, the pearl of the Adriatic, stands on a promontory impregnable from three sides, with seacliffs on the north and east, and a deep ravine on the west. The Canadian infantrymen, drawn from virtually every corner of Canada, attacked from the south under the command of Major-General Chris Vokes, fighting across narrow gullies, mud-choked vineyards and olive groves, into the narrow streets of Ortona itself. When the vicious battle was over, 2605 Canadians were dead or wounded. But the town that had become known as "Little Stalingrad" was now in Allied hands.
Ortona Street Fight (Rapid Reads)
by Mark ZuehlkeDecember 20, 1943. Two Canadian infantry battalions and a tank regiment stand poised on the outskirts of a small Italian port town. They expect to take Ortona quickly. But the German 1st Parachute Division has other ideas. For reasons unknown, Hitler has ordered Ortona held to the last man. Houses, churches and other buildings are dynamited, clogging the streets with rubble. Germans with machine guns lie in ambush. Snipers slip from one rooftop to another. The Canadians seem to have walked into a death trap. This is a battle fought at close range, often hand to hand. Casualties on both sides are heavy. In the end, raw courage and ingenuity save the Canadians. Ortona Street Fight is a riveting telling of what is considered one of the most epic battles that Canadian soldiers have ever fought.
Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West
by Mark Zuehlke"'Remittance man' was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in...the Canadian West they would make something of themselves. If they didn't, at least they would be far enough away that little disgrace would fall upon their families." -Mark ZuehlkeBeginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title "remittance men," these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land.With education, respectable breeding and the belief "from birth that they were superior beings," the remittance men descended upon Western Canada with expectations of accomplishing something great and increasing their wealth. In reality, they hunted, played games, courted women, and enjoyed distinguished pursuits that squandered their parents' money and made hard-working Canadians raise their eyebrows.Though their era in Western Canada was short, 1880-1914, "they left an indelible mark perpetuated by the stories and legends that sprung up around them."In Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons, first published fifteen years ago, Mark Zuehlke traces the path of the remittance men through Western Canada, highlighting their adventures, limited successes and glorious failures.
Terrible Victory
by Mark ZuehlkeMark Zuehlke is an expert at narrating the history of life on the battlefield for the Canadian army during World War II. In Terrible Victory, he provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland. Readers are there as soldiers fight in the muddy quagmire, enduring a battle that lasted three weeks and in which 6,000 soldiers perished. Terrible Victory is a powerful story of courage, survival, and skill.
Through Blood and Sweat
by Mark ZuehlkeAs part of Operation Husky 2013, a group of Canadians walked this route to honour the memory of the nation's soldiers who fought in Sicily seventy years earlier and whose sacrifice has been largely forgotten. Under a searing sun, with Mount Etna's soaring heights always in the distance, a small contingent of marchers trekked each day along winding country roads for between 15 and 35 kilometres to reach the outskirts of a small town or village. Here they were joined by a pipe band, which led them to the skirl of bagpipes in a parade into the community's heart to be met by hundreds of cheering and applauding Sicilians. Before each community's war memorial a service of remembrance for both the Canadian and Sicilian war dead followed. Each day also brought the marchers closer to their final destination-Agira Canadian War Cemetery where 490 of the 562 Canadian soldiers who fell during the course of Operation Husky in 1943 are buried. On July 30-after twenty gruelling days-the marchers were joined here by almost a thousand Canadians and Italians. All joined to conduct a profoundly emotional ceremony of remembrance that ended with one person standing before each headstone and answering the roll call on that soldier's behalf. Mark Zuehlke, author of the award-winning Canadian Battle Series, was one of the Operation Husky 2013 marchers. He uses this arduous and poignant task as a focal point for a contemplative look at the culture of remembrance and the experience of war.
Tragedy at Dieppe
by Mark ZuehlkeWith its trademark "you are there" style, Mark Zuehlke's tenth Canadian Battle Series volume tells the story of the 1942 Dieppe raid. Nicknamed "The Poor Man's Monte Carlo," Dieppe had no strategic importance, but with the Soviet Union thrown on the ropes by German invasion and America having just entered the war, Britain was under intense pressure to launch a major cross-Channel attack against France.Since 1939, Canadian troops had massed in Britain and trained for the inevitable day of the mass invasion of Europe that would finally occur in 1944. But the Canadian public and many politicians were impatient to see Canadian soldiers fight sooner.The first major rehearsal proved such a shambles the raid was pushed back to the end of July only to be cancelled by poor weather. Later, in a decision still shrouded in controversy, the operation was reborn. Dieppe however did not go smoothly. Drawing on rare archival documents and personal interviews, Mark Zuehlke examines how the raid came to be and why it went so tragically wrong. Ultimately, Tragedy at Dieppe honors the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought and died that fateful day on the beaches of Dieppe.
The Golden Gate Bridge
by Jeffrey ZuehlkeBefore the Golden Gate Bridge was built, people in San Francisco took a ferry across the water to get to Marin County. Now they drive across. How long is the bridge? and how did workers build it?
El cirujano de almas
by Luis Zueco¿PUDO UN MÉDICO CAMBIAR EL CURSO DE LA HISTORIA? Más de 150.000 ejemplares vendidos «Luis Zueco es el Ken Follett español.» Cadena Ser UN JOVEN CIRUJANO SEDIENTO DE CONOCIMIENTO Barcelona, 1797. Bruno Urdaneta solo tiene doce años cuando llega a la ciudad para trabajar como aprendiz de su tío Alonso, un cirujano veterano y malhumorado que pronto se dará cuenta de que su discípulo posee un don muy especial. UNA ÉPOCA DE PROFUNDOS CAMBIOS En un momento convulso en el que los ideales ilustrados se propagan por toda Europa y la sombra de Napoleón se cierne sobre España, el joven protagonista encarnará el nacimiento de la figura del médico moderno, aquel que salva vidas porque estudia el cuerpo del paciente, lo cuida con las manos y entiende su alma. UN HOMENAJE A QUIENES SE DEDICAN A SALVAR LA VIDA DE LOS DEMÁS La huella de un viejo secreto familiar llevará a Bruno de Barcelona a Madrid -donde estudiará en el recién creado Colegio de Cirugía- y finalmente a Cádiz, cuyas calles, durante la guerra de la Independencia, se han transformado en un inmenso campo de batalla. La muerte acecha a un pueblo que se ha convertido en el ejército de todo un país. ¿Puede un médico cambiar el curso de la Historia? Luis Zueco se consagra como un maestro de la novela histórica con esta narración llena de intriga y aventuras que, a través de la epopeya de Bruno Urdaneta, un personaje inolvidable que permanecerá para siempre en el corazón de los lectores, rinde homenaje a la profesión médica.
El mercader de libros
by Luis ZuecoTodo gran viaje comienza en los libros. Con una perfecta unión de rigor histórico e intriga, Luis Zueco traslada al lector a una época en que la palabra impresa podía ser el arma más peligrosa. Hubo un tiempo en que los libros podían descubrir nuevos mundos, tambalear los dogmas más sagrados y cambiar el curso de la Historia. Esta novela es un viaje a los años siguientes a la invención de la imprenta, cuando un mercader de libros emprende la búsqueda de un misterioso ejemplar que ha sido robado de la mayor biblioteca de Occidente, creada en Sevilla por el hijo de Cristóbal Colón. Año 1517. El joven Thomas atraviesa la incipiente Europa renacentista huyendo de su pasado. Son los años siguientes al descubrimiento de América y la invención de la imprenta, un periodo de profundos cambios que han supuesto el fin de la Edad Media. La curiosidad que siente por el Nuevo Mundo, cosechada en sus múltiples lecturas, le llevará hasta España, donde comenzará a trabajar con un mercader de libros. El encargo de localizar un ejemplar envuelto en un halo misterioso le conduce hasta Sevilla, una próspera ciudad que sirve como enlace en el comercio con las Indias y que alberga, entre sus murallas, la biblioteca más importante de Occidente, creada por el hijo de Cristóbal Colón y llamada la Colombina. Será precisamente allí donde Thomas descubra que alguien ha robado el libro que él busca y, por alguna razón, tiene mucho interés en que nadie lo encuentre. Hubo un tiempo en que los libros permitían descubrir nuevos mundos, tambalear los dogmas más sagrados y cambiar el curso de la Historia. Luis Zueco nos sumerge en los albores de la bibliofilia y nos traslada, en una perfecta unión de rigor histórico y trama trepidante, a una época en la que la palabra impresa podía ser el arma más peligrosa. La crítica ha dicho:«En la estela de Los pilares de la Tierra y La catedral del mar.»La Vanguardia «Tramas oscuras, traiciones, venganza: las novelas de Zueco aseguran al lector un suspenso constante.»Alessandra Penna, editorial Newton Compton Editori (Italia)
El monasterio (Trilogía medieval #Volumen 3)
by Luis ZuecoUn thriller histórico de máximo suspense ambientado en un fascinante escenario medieval, entre los muros de uno de los monasterios medievales más impresionantes de España. El silencio oculta la verdad. Pero hasta las mejores mentiras terminan por descubrirse. El monasterio de Santa María de Veruela aspiraba a ser una ciudad celeste, un fiel reflejo del reino de los cielos, pero lo cierto es que lo habitaban simples mortales. Sus muros fueron testigos de historias de ambición, traición y venganza. Y también de amor, sexo y... muerte. En las mágicas y misteriosas tierras del Moncayo se asienta uno de los monasterios cistercienses más bellos del mundo. En el siglo XIV es escenario de una cruenta guerra entre las coronas de Castilla y Aragón, y hasta allí llega el joven Bizén con una misión que cumplir: recuperar los restos que yacen en una de sus tumbas, algo a lo que el abad se niega por misteriosas razones. Pero cuando uno de los hermanos de la abadía aparece asesinado en misteriosas y violentas circunstancias, Bizén se verá implicado en una intriga de peligrosas ramificaciones. Y deberá concentrarse en hallar al culpable si no quiere que su propio secreto sea descubierto. La crítica ha dicho sobre el autor y sus obras anteriores, El Castillo y La Ciudad... «La mejor novela histórica de 2015.»Novelas Históricas «En la estela de Los pilares de la tierra y La catedral del mar.»La Vanguardia «Si uno quiere trasladarse a la Edad Media, el castillo de Loarre es la mejor máquina del tiempo.»El Mundo «¡Recomendadísima!»Librería General «Hace mil años se erigió en el Pirineo aragonés una colosal fortaleza. Luis Zueco novela cómo se llevó a cabo esta proeza y da respuesta a algunos enigmas aún sin resolver.»ABC «Sus páginas están repletas de peripecias, de idilios y de lances bélicos.»Heraldo de Aragón «Una extraordinaria novela.»SER «Una de las novelas históricas con más enganche.»20 minutos «Una novela que pone en valor una de nuestras joyas patrimoniales: Loarre.»El Periódico de Aragón «La novela histórica más impactante del año.»Librería Serret Llibres «Mezcla los datos históricos con tramas de mucha intriga, como si de un thriller se tratase.»El Placer de la Lectura «Magnífica ambientación.»Entre mis libros y yo «Uno de los escritores de novela histórica más importante del país. Mezcla sabiamente personajes históricos con otros ficticios, dando a la trama una tensión trepidante.»Todo Literatura «Un trepidante thriller histórico. La Historia aquí no es mero paisaje, sino que es elemento de suspense.»20 minutos
El monasterio (Trilogía Medieval #Volumen 3)
by Luis ZuecoUn thriller histórico de máximo suspense ambientado entre los muros de uno de los monasterios medievales más impresionantes de España. Tercera entrega de la aclamada Trilogía Medieval de Luis Zueco. El monasterio de Santa María de Veruela aspiraba a ser una ciudad celeste, reflejo del reino de los cielos… pero sus muros fueron testigos de historias de ambición, traición y venganza. En el siglo XIV es escenario de una cruenta guerra entre las coronas de Castilla y Aragón. Hasta allí llega Bizén con una misión: recuperar los restos que yacen en una de sus tumbas, algo a lo que el abad se niega. Pero cuando uno de los hermanos de la abadía aparece misteriosamente asesinado, Bizén se verá implicado en una muy peligrosa intriga… Porque si no encuentra al culpable, su propio secreto será descubierto. La crítica ha dicho sobre El monasterio...«La ambientación espacio-temporal, una vez más, es magnífica. Luis Zueco es un maestro a la hora de describir escenarios y de situar sus novelas en el tiempo y en espacio, trasladando allí al lector.»Libros que hay que leer«Con El monasterio (2018), Zueco ha logrado dar un paso más adelante y crear una obra redonda, con un ritmo endiablado. Donde, como siempre, logra conjugar el suspense, la historia, las batallas, intrigas; con unas tramas apasionantes y unos diálogos afilados y para enmarcar.»Novelashistóricas.com«Una novela que no hay que dejar escapar. Comparada con las anteriores, El castillo y La ciudad, mantiene la tónica de calidad.»Anika entre librosLa crítica ha dicho sobre el autor y sus obras anteriores, El Castillo y La Ciudad... «La mejor novela histórica de 2015.»Novelas Históricas «En la estela de Los pilares de la tierra y La catedral del mar.»La Vanguardia «Si uno quiere trasladarse a la Edad Media, el castillo de Loarre es la mejor máquina del tiempo.»El Mundo «¡Recomendadísima!»Librería General «Hace mil años se erigió en el Pirineo aragonés una colosal fortaleza. Luis Zueco novela cómo se llevó a cabo esta proeza y da respuesta a algunos enigmas aún sin resolver.»ABC «Sus páginas están repletas de peripecias, de idilios y de lances bélicos.»Heraldo de Aragón «Una extraordinaria novela.»SER «Una de las novelas históricas con más enganche.»20 minutos «Una novela que pone en valor una de nuestras joyas patrimoniales: Loarre.»El Periódico de Aragón «La novela histórica más impactante del año.»Librería Serret Llibres «Mezcla los datos históricos con tramas de mucha intriga, como si de un thriller se tratase.»El Placer de la Lectura «Magníficaambientación.»Entre mis libros y yo «Uno de los escritores de novela histórica más importante del país. Mezcla sabiamente personajes históricos con otros ficticios, dando a la trama una tensión trepidante.»Todo Literatura «Un trepidante thriller histórico. La Historia aquí no es mero paisaje, sino que es elemento de suspense.»20 minutos«Si la primera obra que escribió Zueco de esta trilogía, El castillo, ambientada en el de Loarre (Huesca), es una novela puramente histórica, este segundo libro, La ciudad, incorpora al rigor histórico el thriller.»La Vanguardia
Rojo amanecer en Lepanto: La Historia De Alejandro Farnesio Y Juan De Austria, Dos Guerreros Al Servicio De España
by Luis ZuecoLa primera novela histórica del autor de El castillo, ambientada en la trepidante época de la batalla de Lepanto. Año 1560. Alejandro Farnesio, príncipe de Parma, marcha a estudiar a la universidad de Alcalá de Henares, donde coincide con el príncipe Carlos, heredero a la corona de España, y don Juan de Austria, reconocido como hermano por Felipe II. Es una mala época para España, amenazada por musulmanes rebeldes en Granada, herejes en Flandes e Inglaterra y, sobre todo, la lucha contra los turcos por el control del Mediterráneo. Un tiempo apasionante que desemboca en la batalla de Lepanto, donde se dice que se derramó tanta sangre, que el mar se tiñó de rojo. La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela amena y de lectura increíblemente sencilla. Muy recomendable.»Hislibris
Rojo amanecer en Lepanto
by Luis ZuecoLa primera novela histórica del autor de El castillo, ambientada en la trepidante época de la batalla de Lepanto. Año 1560. Alejandro Farnesio, príncipe de Parma, marcha a estudiar a la universidad de Alcalá de Henares, donde coincide con el príncipe Carlos, heredero a la corona de España, y don Juan de Austria, reconocido como hermano por Felipe II. Es una mala época para España, amenazada por musulmanes rebeldes en Granada, herejes en Flandes e Inglaterra y, sobre todo, la lucha contra los turcos por el control del Mediterráneo. Un tiempo apasionante que desemboca en la batalla de Lepanto, donde se dice que se derramó tanta sangre, que el mar se tiñó de rojo. La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela amena y de lectura increíblemente sencilla. Muy recomendable.»Hislibris
El tablero de la reina
by Luis ZuecoPARA CONQUISTAR LA CORONA, HAY QUE CAMBIAR LAS REGLAS DEL JUEGO.Un thriller histórico que nos descubre los orígenes del ajedrez moderno y las intrigas de la Corte de Isabel la Católica.Más de 250.000 lectores esperan la nueva novela de Luis Zueco. «Luis Zueco está en el Olimpo de la novela histórica española». 20 minutosLuis Zueco,autor de El cirujano de almas y El mercader de libros, firma su novela más ambiciosa, llena de emoción e intriga, y nos sumerge en la Corte de Isabel I de Castilla, cuando la reina, tanto en el juego como en la Historia, se convirtió por primera vez en la figura más poderosa.Año 1468. Castilla se encuentra en un momento crucial de su historia. Alfonso de Trastámara ha muerto en sospechosas circunstancias y Enrique IV se alza como rey obligando a su hermanastra Isabel, la única que podría oponerse a sus planes, a firmar la paz. Ella acepta, pues está destinada a convertirse en Isabel la Católica y sabe que las grandes partidas no se ganan en el primer movimiento.Mientras los asuntos de la Corte mantienen al reino en vilo, el misterioso asesinato de un noble une fortuitamente a Gadea, una joven apasionada del ajedrez que esconde un oscuro pasado, y a Ruy, un cronista amante de la Historia y los libros. La peligrosa carrera a contrarreloj de ambos para descubrir al culpable se entrelaza con las conspiraciones y las guerras de la Corte de Isabel, quien bajo su mandato supo moverse como una maestra en el tablero y transformó para siempre la figura de la reina en el ajedrez.
The University as a Settlement Principle: Territorialising Knowledge in Late 1960s Italy (Routledge Research in Architecture)
by Francesco ZuddasThe 1960s and the 1970s marked a generational shift in architectural discourse at a time when the revolts inside universities condemned the academic institution as a major force behind the perpetuation of a controlling society. Focusing on the crisis and reform of higher education in Italy, The University as a Settlement Principle investigates how university design became a lens for architects to interpret a complex historical moment that was marked by the construction of an unprecedented number of new campuses worldwide. Implicitly drawing parallels with the contemporary condition of the university under a regime of knowledge commodification, it reviews the vision proposed by architects such as Vittorio Gregotti, Giuseppe Samonà, Archizoom, Giancarlo De Carlo, and Guido Canella, among others, to challenge the university as a bureaucratic and self-contained entity, and defend, instead, the role of higher education as an agent for restructuring vast territories. Through their projects, the book discusses a most fertile and heroic moment of Italian architectural discourse and argues for a reconsideration of architecture’s obligation to question the status quo. This work will be of interest to postgraduate researchers and academics in architectural theory and history, campus design, planning theory, and history.
Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion
by Richard Zuczek Glenna R. Schroeder-LeinThis A-Z encyclopedia provides carefully selected entries covering the people, events, and concepts relevant to Andrew Johnson's life.