by Manuel Leguineche, María Antonia Velasco · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420428635
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«El viaje prodigioso» is the historical chronicle by Manuel Leguineche and María Antonia Velasco about the First Crusade (Alfaguara, paperback, 327 pp.).
It recounts the adventure of the First Crusade amid faith, fanaticism, battles, cruelties and chivalrous gestures. Nine centuries later, the book reads in that expedition the roots of today's extremisms and conflicts, with religion and war as central forces of history.
The edition is dated November 28, 1995 and bears the subtitle «900 años de la Primera Cruzada».
For readers interested in medieval history and in the crusades and their consequences.
Manuel Leguineche Bollar, better known as Manu Leguineche, was a Spanish correspondent, journalist and writer. He was born in Arratzu, Biscay. He was one of the contributors of Doblón magazine from 1974 to 1976. He founded the Spanish news agencies Colpisa and Fax Press. He divorced from Rosa María Mateo.
