Here, Antonio de Guevara, historiographer and court preacher for Charles V, addresses a repentant courtier who has turned his back on society and its vanities. This text, which mixes personal…

Antonio de Guevera (1481-1545) was a Spanish writer and official chronicler of Charles V. Guevera’s Una Decada de Cesares, published in 1539. It was based on the lives of the…

Fray Antonio de Guevara (1482-1545), with his fictionalized depictions of Roman Emperors and his satirical commentaries on Spanish Royal Court life, can readily be considered the inventor of pseudo-historical fiction…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…

Tambien la afrenta es veneno relata la historia de un rey que desea a la esposa de uno de sus cortesanos, y para conseguir sus propositos lo envia a una…