A vueltas con el exilio.

La autora asume el desafío de ofrecer una nueva lectura de la vida y vicisitudes de Francisco de Miranda, desde el momento en que abandona Venezuela, con apenas 20 años, hasta el triste desenlace que representó para su vida el fin de la Primera República, su entrega a las autoridades españolas, la prisión y su posterior fallecimiento en La Carraca. El libro comienza con el acontecimiento del cual deriva su título: un incómodo y escandaloso incidente promovido por los criollos principales de la capital contra su padre, Sebastián Miranda, tenido como individuo de inferior condición y...

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A lo largo de la historia, la mujer madrileña no se ha parecido a otro tipo de mujer. Ya fuera manola, chispera, maja o chulapona; ya se empleara como modistilla, aguadora, lavandera, castañera o cigarrera, respondía al perfil de la hembra de mirada altiva, ojos penetrantes, lágrima fácil, honesta, batalladora, conquistadora en el amor y visceral en la defensa de su propia dignidad. Con arrestos para responder a quien la humilla, es desprendida y dadivosa, tiene achares y anda pronta al desprecio cuando se la engaña. Sangre de mujer madrileña para derramarla en gestas históricas, en...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...