Catalog of publications January

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At Desperta Ferro we know that our catalog of January publications is, for many readers, a kind of postponed letter to the Three Wise Men. We always have to ask ourselves, but, also as always, we hope that our books are gold, frankincense and myrrh for you. The gold of knowledge, the incense of reflection and the myrrh of enjoyment, compatible aspects – and we would dare to say necessary – in any good reading of history.

In February we started flying high by publishing Masters of the Air , the book that inspired the series of the same title produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and which premieres on these BTC Users Number Data same dates. A vibrant work, written from hundreds of oral testimonies and thousands of archival documents, to narrate as never before one of the most crucial facets of the Second World War, the battle over the skies of Europe, with all the drama that it involved, Whether in the cabins at more than 7000 meters above sea level, or in the charred ruins of German cities. It is accompanied by the biography of one of the most crucial figures of Antiquity, Philip of Macedonia , father of Alexander the Great, who laid the foundations on which his offspring changed the world. Without Philip, there would have been no Alexander, as Mario Agudo, one of the best experts of the time, explains.



In March, UB professor Francisco Gracia Alonso writes in Governing Chaos a critical history of the Spanish Army since the 16th century, analyzing the impact of the institution on the political and social development of our country, a sharp and controversial reflection that promises to generate debate. We also recover the out-of-print book about one of those battles that deserve the adjective of crucial, Las Navas de Tolosa , an adjective that also deserves the work, which we consider the best study about this clash that has been written, by one of our best medievalists, Francisco García Fitz.

In April, two titans, Jordi Bru, with his ability to relive the past as a timeless reporter; and Rafael Torres, with their encyclopedic knowledge of the Spanish Navy, bring to life in The Royal Navy the men and ships of the 18th century. With them, a choral book, Reconquista! Reconquest?Regain, which inaugurates a new collection, History Debates, intended to bring the reader closer to discussions about how we understand and tell the past from the hands of expert researchers. Let's argue, yes, but with reason.