If you like to read about history, it is very likely that several books of this genre have fallen through your hands. That's why, How about a book about part of the histories of Spain? Specifically, the one from When we were invincible, which tells us about battles where the Spanish fought and won.
Within historical literature, it is the one that brings us closer to the past of the country because in it we can see what the Spanish were like in the past. Do you want to know more about the book? Read on then.
Who wrote When we were invincible
Jesus Angel Rojo Pinilla
The author of the book When we were invincible is Jesús Ángel Rojo Pinilla. He was born in Madrid in 1974 and studied Law. Today he is a businessman, lawyer, historian, writer, journalist and political analyst.
He is the General Director of the group "El Distrito" and also of the informative and radio program "El mundo al rojo". He writes for Hispanoamérica News magazine. Besides, if you usually watch Intereconomía or 13TV, he is present on political programs.
As a lover of history, he has investigated what the Spanish did in the world. And throughout his travels he has been able to see how Spain has had a lot to do with the evolution of the world. That is why, in his literary career, he has several books related to the history of Spain. Two of them have been bestsellers, When We Were Invincible (the title we focus on) and The Invincibles of America.
How many books does it have When we were invincible
Before continuing, we must warn you that When We Were Invincible is the title of a book, but in reality, it also has a second part. They can be read completely independently, since the author in his first book included a series of battles and the second has different ones..
We leave you the synopsis of both below.
when we were invincible
Cuando Éramos Invincibles is a compendium of articles about battles where the Spanish always emerged victorious. It is about explaining a part of our history by making the reader see that our past is not based on continuous disasters but also on moments of greatness and heroism. that make us understand the more than 400 years of the Spanish Empire.
For this reason we have taken a selection of battles, some illustrated by Augusto Ferrer Dalmau, which bring the reader closer to the greatness of our ancestors who, with blood, sweat and tears, made our nation invincible.
When we were invincible 2. Owners of the world
When we were invincible. 2. "Owners of the World" It is a plea to all Hispanics at heart to love their land, not to feel ashamed of belonging to a nation that is the mother of many others. In the work we will discover how the Spanish illuminated the world when darkness and darkness took over it.
You will meet heroes like Admiral Sánchez de Tovar, who crossed the River Thames with his ships until he reached London; the defense of Buenos Aires by the Spanish Tercios against 30 British and 000 ships; to those daring Spaniards who intended to conquer the Chinese Empire with only 200 men; the epic battles of Gonzalo Ronquillo against the fearsome samurai... without forgetting how historiography has hidden the fact that it was the Hispanics who discovered Antarctica and Australia, or that Spain dominated the entire North American Pacific coast, reaching Alaska, or the feat of the 6000 soldiers of the invincible Tercio de Sarmiento and their epic resistance in Castelnouvo against the 3000 soldiers of the fearsome Barbarossa.
What do those who have read it think of the book?
As we know that we often use the comments to find out if we are going to like a book or not, we have looked at the opinions of people who have already read it.
In favor of Cuando éramos invincibles is the fact of counting epic battles and wars in which the Spanish participated and won. Something that, in schools and institutes; even in some universities, they do not quote or elude that part of Spanish history.
Many believe that the work is popularizing because it discloses the facts. Specific, this first book has 36 feats and each one of them is described, without being more violent or unpleasant than they were (that is, he does not go into length in commenting on how bloody they were or what those who fought did).
Now, something that many make clear is that the book tells the facts, but not in detail. In other words, here he only narrates in a general way what happened and how it happened. But if what you want to read is the facts step by step in a specific way and knowing all the keys, the book is not like that. He does not go into depth to talk about each of the battles, but it does give you the bases to, later, be able to search for books specialized in that specific battle (because if I had to have put all the data, each battle could occupy the same extension as the book itself).
Now it's up to you to decide if When We Were Invincible is a good history book or, on the contrary, falls short.