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Esquiveles y Manriques #2-3
Guerra en la sangre. Una gota de tiempo
Guerra en la sangre, segundo tomo de la serie Esquiveles y Manriques.
505 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1989
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Salvador de Madariaga
173 books51 followersSalvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Galician diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist.
De Madariaga graduated with a degree in engineering in Paris, France. He then went to work as an engineer for the Northern Spanish Railway Company but abandoned this work to return to London and become a journalist, writing in English, for The Times. At this time, he began publishing his first essays. He became a press member of the Secretariat of the League of Nations in 1921, and chief of the Disarmament Section in 1922. In 1928, he was appointed Professor of Spanish at Oxford University for three years, during which time he wrote a book on nation psychology called Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards.
In 1931, he was appointed ambassador to the United States of America and a permanent delegate to the League of Nations, a post he kept for 5 years. Chairing the Council of the League of Nations in January 1932, he condemned Japanese aggression in Manchuria in such vehement terms that he was nicknamed "Don Quijote de la Manchuria".[2] Between 1932 and 1934, he was Ambassador to France. In 1933, he was elected to the National Congress, serving as both Minister for Education and Minister for Justice. In July 1936, as a classic liberal he went into exile in England to escape the Spanish civil war. From there he became a vocal opponent of, and organised resistance to, the Nacionales and the Spanish State of Francisco Franco. In 1947, he was one of the principal authors of the Oxford Manifesto on liberalism. He participated in the Hague Congress in 1948 as president of the Cultural Commission and he was one of the co-founders, in 1949, of the College of Europe.
In his writing career he wrote books and essays about Don Quixote, Christopher Columbus, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the history of Latin America. He militated in favour of a united and integrated Europe. He wrote in French and German as well as Spanish and Galician (his mother tongue) and English. In 1973 he won the Karlspreis for contributions to the European idea and European peace. In 1976, he returned to Spain after the death of Francisco Franco. The Madariaga European Foundation has been named after him, promoting his vision of a united Europe making for a more peaceful world. The 1979–1980 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
De Madariaga graduated with a degree in engineering in Paris, France. He then went to work as an engineer for the Northern Spanish Railway Company but abandoned this work to return to London and become a journalist, writing in English, for The Times. At this time, he began publishing his first essays. He became a press member of the Secretariat of the League of Nations in 1921, and chief of the Disarmament Section in 1922. In 1928, he was appointed Professor of Spanish at Oxford University for three years, during which time he wrote a book on nation psychology called Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards.
In 1931, he was appointed ambassador to the United States of America and a permanent delegate to the League of Nations, a post he kept for 5 years. Chairing the Council of the League of Nations in January 1932, he condemned Japanese aggression in Manchuria in such vehement terms that he was nicknamed "Don Quijote de la Manchuria".[2] Between 1932 and 1934, he was Ambassador to France. In 1933, he was elected to the National Congress, serving as both Minister for Education and Minister for Justice. In July 1936, as a classic liberal he went into exile in England to escape the Spanish civil war. From there he became a vocal opponent of, and organised resistance to, the Nacionales and the Spanish State of Francisco Franco. In 1947, he was one of the principal authors of the Oxford Manifesto on liberalism. He participated in the Hague Congress in 1948 as president of the Cultural Commission and he was one of the co-founders, in 1949, of the College of Europe.
In his writing career he wrote books and essays about Don Quixote, Christopher Columbus, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the history of Latin America. He militated in favour of a united and integrated Europe. He wrote in French and German as well as Spanish and Galician (his mother tongue) and English. In 1973 he won the Karlspreis for contributions to the European idea and European peace. In 1976, he returned to Spain after the death of Francisco Franco. The Madariaga European Foundation has been named after him, promoting his vision of a united Europe making for a more peaceful world. The 1979–1980 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
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December 28, 2025
Este es uno de esos libros que te descubre cosas de la historia y ayuda a entender qué pasó con el imperio de España. En la parte literaria, no es una novela al uso. Sacrifica lo literario por la verosimilitud. Pero incluir en el relato los nombres de todos aquellos que existieron, fuera indio, conquistador o licenciado, sin mediar un narrador que presente su importancia añade dificultad para retener qué hacía este o aquél allí.
Sonreí al encontrarme el de La Gasca, alguien que tuvo un papel principal como pacificador de las guerras entre los partidos españoles en Perú. Me interesaba porque el teatro de lo villa de mi pueblo lleva su nombre, pero aparte de un diálogo no pude saber más. Así me pasó con otros nombres, como el Cortés ya viejo que vive frustrado lo cotidiano lejos ya los años de su conquista de México.
Después de leer estas dos historias saco la conclusión de que los conquistadores siempre estaban listos para morir, que el antes de los españoles en Méjico y en Perú eran horrores en forma de sacrificios, canibalismo y enterramientos de vivos, que para muchos el después fue una liberación, que en España o eras caballero o licenciado o fraile; y que a los judios les va mejor al final.La mujer tiene protagonismo en la historia y eso es algo de agradecer.
"Vos, señora, sois de un imperio que acaba de morir [el inca]. Yo de uno que murió hace más de mil quinientos años. (...) Yo soy de un imperio que mataron los romanos. Los romanos fueron maestros de los españoles. Los españoles han muerto el imperio azteca y el inca. El de ellos lo matará otro. Es el tiempo, señora".
"Ahí fuera espera la turba. No hay que cansarla. Quiere ver rodar la cabeza que quiso ver coronar. El caso es ver. Ver algo. Padre, no me arrepiento de nada. (...) con ellos [mis pecados] llegaré esta noche donde el Señor se oculta de nosotros. Si no habla, estaré como ahora. No peor. Si habla, estoy salvado".
Idea e interés: 5 puntos.
Calidad literaria: 3 puntos.
Sonreí al encontrarme el de La Gasca, alguien que tuvo un papel principal como pacificador de las guerras entre los partidos españoles en Perú. Me interesaba porque el teatro de lo villa de mi pueblo lleva su nombre, pero aparte de un diálogo no pude saber más. Así me pasó con otros nombres, como el Cortés ya viejo que vive frustrado lo cotidiano lejos ya los años de su conquista de México.
Después de leer estas dos historias saco la conclusión de que los conquistadores siempre estaban listos para morir, que el antes de los españoles en Méjico y en Perú eran horrores en forma de sacrificios, canibalismo y enterramientos de vivos, que para muchos el después fue una liberación, que en España o eras caballero o licenciado o fraile; y que a los judios les va mejor al final.La mujer tiene protagonismo en la historia y eso es algo de agradecer.
"Vos, señora, sois de un imperio que acaba de morir [el inca]. Yo de uno que murió hace más de mil quinientos años. (...) Yo soy de un imperio que mataron los romanos. Los romanos fueron maestros de los españoles. Los españoles han muerto el imperio azteca y el inca. El de ellos lo matará otro. Es el tiempo, señora".
"Ahí fuera espera la turba. No hay que cansarla. Quiere ver rodar la cabeza que quiso ver coronar. El caso es ver. Ver algo. Padre, no me arrepiento de nada. (...) con ellos [mis pecados] llegaré esta noche donde el Señor se oculta de nosotros. Si no habla, estaré como ahora. No peor. Si habla, estoy salvado".
Idea e interés: 5 puntos.
Calidad literaria: 3 puntos.
September 29, 2020
Novela pésima, de mucho menos calidad que la mediocre "Corazón de Piedra verde"
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