John Watts

Este gran mapa de la vida política en la Europa medieval tardía proporciona un nuevo marco para entender los desarrollos que formaron este periodo turbulento. El relato se centra en los resultados combinados del crecimiento politico y gubernamental a traves del continente. La epoca de la Guerra de los Cien Años, el cisma y la revuelta tambien fue un tiempo de rapido crecimiento en jurisdiccion, impuestos y representacion, en el que se incremento la alfabetizacion y se desarrollo la tecnica politica. Con una introduccion completa a los acontecimientos y a los procesos politicos acaecidos entre los siglos XIV y XVI, este libro combina una narracion amplia y comparativa con la discusion de regiones y estados individuales, incluyendo la Europa oriental y del norte junto con la mas familiar Europa occidental y del sur.

The most remote part of Mexico, a tiny atoll lost in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Surrounded by dangerous surf, repeatedly devastated by intense storms, infested with land crabs, the waters patrolled by vast schools of hammerhead sharks. Five women and eight young children, abandoned, the starving remnants of a garrison left to its fate in the chaos of the Mexican Revolution. The only surviving man, the lighthouse keeper, a monster who would be king of them all.Handsome, upright, duty-bound Ramon Arnaud is made governor of Clipperton Island. At his side is his beautiful and adventurous young wife, Alicia Rovira. Their youthful romance grows into a profound love and together, against all odds, they build an almost utopian community on their desert island.When revolution throws Mexico into a nightmare of blood and fire, Clipperton Island is forgotten and the supply ships stop coming. One by one, the men die, leaving only Alicia, four other women, the children and the lighthouse keeper alive on the island. And so begins a reign of terror that will last for more than two years.Written as a novel against the colorful backdrop of Mexican history, Abandoned is a romance, a thriller, the story of the survival of a group of women against impossible odds and, ultimately, it is a story of revenge and salvation. All of the significant events actually happened and all of the main characters were real people. Only the dialogue and some of the detail is invented for the sake of narrative flow.

Aquest gran mapa de la vida política en l'Europa medieval tardana proporciona un nou marc per a entendre els desenvolupaments que van formar aquest turbulent període. El relat se centra en els resultats combinats del creixement politic i governamental a traves del continent. L'epoca de la Guerra dels Cent Anys, el cisma i la revolta tambe va ser un temps de rapid creixement en jurisdiccio, impostos i representacio, en el qual es va incrementar l'alfabetitzacio i es va desenvolupar la tecnica politica. Amb una introduccio completa als esdeveniments i als processos politics esdevinguts entre els segles XIV i XVI, aquest llibre combina una narracio amplia i comparativa amb la discussio de regions i estats individuals, incloent l'Europa oriental i del nord juntament amb la mes familiar Europa occidental i del sud.