Jacinto Antón

Among the famous actors who played the protagonist of the ‘Odyssey’ before Matt Damon are Kirk Douglas, Armand Assante, Sean Bean, and Ralph Fiennes

The British historian, who has announced a work on the Battle of Britain and predicts a war in the Baltic, devotes his new book to the role of the Siberian holy man in the collapse of the Romanov Russian empire

The scholar has published a book about mounted soldiers in conflicts between 1860 and 1945, from Custer to the Waffen-SS

Historian Dan Jones has published an electrifying biography of the monarch, nuanced by Shakespeare’s portrayal: The famous harangue at Agincourt would have been just a ‘Come on, lads!’

The author of ‘Satantango’ speaks in Barcelona about his country, the Shoah, his favorite authors and the filmmaker Béla Tarr: ‘I don’t offer hope, although I don’t take it away either’

The scholar has published ‘Brothers in Arms,’ tracking the campaign of a British armored regiment throughout World War II

In a new book, 17 specialists analyze the secret military and political activities of the Eastern civilizations of Greece and Rome. The Assyrians, it is revealed, were masters of psychological and counterinsurgency warfare

The artist, who collaborated with Peter Jackson on his movie versions of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit,’ is the author of the fascinating ‘A Middle-earth Traveller’

A biography recounts the extraordinary career of Konrad Morgen, who brought 200 SS members to trial, including concentration camp commandants, and even dared to investigate Adolf Eichmann

Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of Hispanic origin

In ‘Operation Biting,’ Max Hastings narrates a daring action by British special forces that could have come from the pen of Alistair MacLean, the author of ‘Where Eagles Dare’

Several books and a documentary mark the 50th anniversary of Spielberg’s iconic film, as scientists work to dispel the fear it sparked and put the actual danger of sharks into perspective

The actor, who presented his film on the ‘Odyssey’ in Barcelona, says he will follow the conclave with special interest and that he hasn’t forgotten ‘The English Patient’

The search for the pharaoh’s second tomb, after the discovery of the first, and the possibility that the Egyptologist’s suitcase offers clues about his sexuality have increased intrigue about the findings

Belgian writer Caroline De Mulder, in a fascinating and terrifying work, describes the workings of the Lebensborn households in ‘Himmler’s Children’

In his book, ‘The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England,’ historian Marc Morris recounts the turbulent era between the abandonment of Britain by the Romans and the Norman conquest

The 72-year-old writer has always been ahead of her time when it comes to sexuality, feminism and gender identity in the world of fantasy literature

In his new book, the British historian profiles 24 of the Third Reich’s criminals, bursting the cliché of pathological monstrosity

Hundreds of ex-combatants from the losing side of the Civil War fought against the Nazis while enlisted in the British army. A new book reconstructs their story

At an international symposium in Spain, the prestigious biologist warned of a ‘dramatic decline’ in some species, which are affected by climate change

An extraordinary documentary delves into the bitter debate over the fate of the building in the Austrian city of Braunau where the Nazi leader was born

Finnish historian Pekka Hämäläinen – who hates the film ‘Dances with Wolves’ – wrote a book called ‘Indigenous Continent,’ in which he explains that the tribes of North America had notable military capacity and that their defeat was by no means inevitable