by José Calvo Poyato · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423340965
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What have been the decisive moments in the history of Spain? How many historical crossroads? How did the events happen? What would have happened if they had developed differently? This work reviews the great moments that changed our history, from the fall of Granada, the expulsion of the Jews, the voyage of Columbus and the grammar of Nebrija, events that all occurred in the short space of a year (1492), to the promulgation of the current constitution (1978), passing through the war of the Communities (1522), the succession of Charles II (1700), the War of Independence (1808) or the proclamation of the Second Republic (1931), without forgetting the most difficult year in the national and international politics of Philip IV and the Count-Duke of Olivares (1640), the first Carlist war (1840) or the Tragic Week (1909). Sixteen are the crucial years that José Calvo Poyato has revived to explain to us, in an agile, precise and rigorous way, the Spain that was and the one that could not be. Because in each of these stellar moments –to put it in Stefan Zweig's beautiful expression– the future of the country was decided, and the events followed a course that cast aside other possibilities, no less significant because they were abandoned or defeated. A different way of seeing, and understanding, what has united (or separated) us and shapes us.
