History

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. Some of the greatest heroes...

"Sicily," said Goethe, "is the key to everything." It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily's strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings....

A fascinating journey through the history of France. General Charles de Gaulle said: "France cannot be France without greatness." The Gallic country is famous for its gastronomy, its landscapes, its culture and its history, in which legendary figures such as Vercingétorix, Charlemagne, Joan of...

Introducing the Ancient Greeks is the exploration of the spirits of those who inhabited ancient Greece, from the shores of the Black Sea to the colonies of North Africa and the westernmost of today's Europe. With the rediscovery of art and classical Greece literary,...

Acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had suddenly changed by the mid-seventeenth century. A timely examination of how a society responds to profound and unexpected change, Nature’s Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the twenty-first century....

Did you know that espionage is the oldest profession in the world? Are you aware that there has been no victory in history without prior espionage? Was Francisco de Quevedo a spy? These and other questions are answered in this book that reveals numerous...

We leave the theater after watching The Odyssey, or finish reading the original poem, and we all ask ourselves the same question: were there real events that inspired that myth? Welcome to the fascinating world of Greek mythology, but also of reality...of what archaeology,...

In the dying days of World War II, as the Nazi regime crumbled under the Allied siege, Count Folke Bernadotte undertook a mission of extreme technical and political complexity. As a representative of the Swedish Red Cross, the diplomat ventured into a Germany in...

The history of the United States cannot be understood without Spain. And yet, the propaganda of the Black Legend has sought to erase our presence, reducing it to self-serving clichés and calculated silences. This book proposes a different strategy to dismantle these fabrications: to...

SEFARAD DID NOT DISAPPEAR: IT LIVES ON IN THE DEEP MEMORY OF HISPANIC CULTURE. Sefarad: The Invisible Spain of Hispanic Culture offers a provocative and deeply identity-affirming perspective on the spiritual, cultural, and historical origins of Spain and the Hispanic world. Through personal, genealogical,...

Did you know that in 1391, the largest collective blood transfusion ever recorded began in Spain, and its legacy endures to this day? To what extent is it true that the Catholic Monarchs expelled the Jews in 1492? What was the social role of...

What if the origin of civilization were not where we have always been told? For centuries, official history has placed the birth of great cultures in the East and the eastern Mediterranean. However, on the shores of the Atlantic, between Africa and Spain, there...

The various armed conflicts that arose between 1939 and 1945, outside the context of World War II — the wars between the USSR and Japan and Finland, the war between Peru and Ecuador, the Slovak uprising, and the struggles initiated by nationalist armed movements...

Originally published in 1898, *Cuba in War Time* reflects the conflict on the island in the late 19th century from the American perspective and with a clear propagandistic intent aimed at preparing public opinion for a military intervention that ultimately sparked the war against...

On July 4, 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence was signed. Spanish assistance to the War of Independence was so significant and substantial that it is truly difficult to understand how it could have been concealed for 250 years. American historiography has systematically...

What has the Catholic Church truly contributed to the world we inhabit? This question, as simple in appearance as it is decisive for understanding our recent history, is the starting point of From Leo XIII to Leo XIV, a book that invites us to...

The Gestas team travels through all the nations that, at some point, were part of the Spanish Empire. Discover dozens of characters who, without being Spanish, were related to the History of Spain. They will teach us the curiosities and totally unknown heritage throughout...

World War II is probably the most studied conflict in human history. Yet the vast majority of works offer a surprisingly one-dimensional interpretation of it. They present it as a good war, a crusade against fascism, and a battle of the free and democratic...

In 1609, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega published his famous Royal Commentaries in Lisbon, a monumental work that became the first great history of Peru told from within. Born in Cusco in 1539, the son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca princess, Garcilaso...

From the Arab Spring to the Gaza crisis, the Middle East is going through one of the most turbulent periods in its recent history. The devastating consequences of the war in Gaza have once again shaken a region that never managed to stabilize after...