by André Zysberg, René Burlet · El Pais Aguilar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788403600614
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«Gloria y miseria de las galeras» is the historical essay by André Zysberg and René Burlet, published by El País Aguilar in 1990 in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
The book reconstructs the history of oared navies and the daily life of galley slaves, from the capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders to the Battle of Lepanto and the galleys of Venice and of Louis XIV's France. Against the brilliance of the fleets, it shows the suffering of men condemned to row, in a chronicle that combines great war politics with the experience of the rabble.
It is number 12 of the «Aguilar Universal / Historia» collection. A work of French origin published as «Gloire et misère des galères» and translated into Spanish by Julia and Luisa González Gil.
For readers interested in maritime history, warfare in the Mediterranean and the social conditions of the Early Modern period.
