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by Henry Kamen · La Esfera de los Libros, S.L. · tapa dura · 384 pages
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El libro 'El Gran Duque de Alba' de Henry Kamen es una biografía que explora la vida y el legado de Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, el tercer duque de Alba, una figura clave en la España imperial del siglo XVI. Kamen examina la carrera militar y diplomática de Alba, su papel en los Países Bajos y su reputación histórica, ofreciendo una visión equilibrada de este personaje controvertido. A través de la correspondencia de Alba y otros documentos de la época, el autor busca desentrañar la verdad detrás de la leyenda negra que rodea al duque, proporcionando una perspectiva matizada de sus acciones y motivaciones.

Henry Arthur Kamen is a British historian who has published extensively on Spain and the Spanish Empire. In particular, he has contributed to studies of the Spanish Inquisition: his The Spanish Inquisition, originally published in 1965, was revised and expanded in The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision, published in 1998. In 2017, Kamen was indicted for possessing child pornography in Athens, Georgia.