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Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task. Geoffrey Parker, one of the world's leading historians of early modern Europe, has examined the surviving written sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, as well as visual and material evidence. He explores the crucial decisions that created and preserved this vast empire, analyzes Charles's achievements within the context of both personal and structural factors, and scrutinizes the intimate details of the ruler's life for clues to his character and inclinations. The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles's reign and views the world through the emperor's own eyes.

Una hermosa historia de amor que explora la amistad, el rechazo, la incomprensión y los lazos abiertos que solo se cerrarán muchos años después. La novela de Elin Hilderbrand aborda el amor, la vida, la amistad... todo aquello que realmente importa en la vida Marguerite, antigua y afamada chef de cocina propietaria del restaurante Les Parapluies, ha vivido apartada y retirada del mundo durante más de una década. Sin embargo, todo cambiará cuando reciba la inesperada llamada de Renata, su ahijada. Han pasado catorce años desde que la vio por última vez; catorce años desde el accidente que costó la vida a la madre de Renata y mejor amiga de Marguerite, Candace. Renata quiere saberlo todo sobre la vida y la muerte de su madre para aprender a conocerla mejor, ya que solo tenía cuatro años cuando fue atropellada por un conductor borracho. Pero los acontecimientos del día escaparán al control de ambas mujeres y nada terminará como estaba previsto. En el transcurso de veinticuatro horas la vida de ambas cambiará para siempre...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal “Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.