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Castilla, 1360. King Pedro I of Castile, the Justiciero for some, cruel for the others, was engaged in a struggle against Aragon and his brother, Enrique de Trastamara. Peter knows that their ranks are a traitor. One of them, their intimates, those in which most relies. One of fi...ve. Discovery is vital. But the only man who can reveal the identity of the traitor, Utiel Martin, has died. It appears that it was not a natural death, the body appears Utiel shattered, it seems that a crushed by overwhelming force. There is no weapon with him or murderer. Nothing.
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He was a Venezuelan general, regarded as a forerunner for the South American emancipation of the Spanish Empire. He was the creator of the idea of Colombia as a nation. He participated in three wars for democracy: Independence of the United States, the French Revolution, in which... he was a prominent player, and for that was awarded the title Hero of the Revolution. His ideas influenced prominent separatist leaders as Simon Bolvar and Bernardo O'Higgins. His name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. His portrait is part of the Figure's Gallery at the Palace of Versailles; his statue is across from the General Kellerman in the Campo de Valmy, France.
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On April 3, 1478, in the castle of Cardona, Mauricio Coloma, receives from his father (unjustly sentenced to death) a confession that he descended from Jews, and that he will find hidden at his house a fabulous emerald ring, which passed from father to son, and will serve to Maur...icio to start a new life in the Florence of the Medici. From the hand of Mauricicio, the reader will discover the Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Leonardo da Vinci, and Pico della Mirandola. Mauricio also know Lorena, eldest daughter of a bourgeois family, whom he married despite opposition from her family and Luca, the candidate that was chosen by her family, creating enemies for life. In Florence, Luca will revenge of Mauricio, accusing him of betrayal the republic and making his incarceration. Once released, Mauricio will have to fulfill the promise made at the deathbed of Lorenzo, returning the ring to its rightful owner.
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In the tradition of his phenomenal bestseller Sarum, Edward Rutherfurd now gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through the ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of h...alf-a-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the world.
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A fire almost completely destroyed a beautiful palace that had been used by the Nazis as their headquarters during the occupation of Bohemia. Punin Nikolai, a young captain of the Red Army discovered near the charred remains of the vast library, a hidden room that contains manusc...ripts of the sixteenth century.
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