EL MEJOR REY EL MAYOR ASESINO Temido por los jud os y alabado por Roma. Asesino de inocentes y creador de un reino para la posteridad. Ning n rey ha alcanzado su brutalidad, pero tampoco su grandeza. M s all de la Biblia, de su legado y de las falsas creencias, esta es su verdadera historia. Setecientos a os despu s de la fundaci n del Imperio romano, Israel, el at vico reino de los jud os, se debate entre dos mundos poderosos y antag nicos. Mientras el pueblo se resiste a la sumisi n y espera a que el mes as prometido aparezca, la Roma de Cayo Julio C sar crea un protectorado en Judea frente al cual pretenden colocar un monarca t tere para complacer sus deseos. Pero en el a o 37 a. C. el elegido nuevo rey de los jud os ser Herodes y su grandeza eclipsar el poder. Ser n treinta y seis a os prodigiosos de reinado en los que sobrevivir a todo tipo de conjuras y conspiraciones, protagonizar haza as extraordinarias y cometer actos aterradores. Lo llamar n «Herodes el Grande y su nombre har historia. Con una tensi n narrativa trepidante y un profundo rigor hist rico, Jos Luis Corral y Antonio Pi ero desmienten en esta novela parte de la leyenda y nos presentan a un hombre y su ambici n y, con ella, la verdad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONTHE BEST KING. THE BEST KILLER. Feared by the Jews and honored by Rome. Killer of innocents and builder of a kingdom for posterity. No other king matches his brutality, or his greatness. Discover the real story of Herod, beyond the Bible and the many myths about him. Seven centuries after the founding of the Roman Empire, Israel, the ancestral homeland of the Jews, is torn between two powerful opposing forces. While the people resist submission and wait for the promised Messiah to appear, the Rome of Gaius Julius Caesar creates a protectorate in Judea with a puppet ruler to enforce the imperial will. But in 37 B. C., the new king of the Jews is Herod, whose greatness will eclipse his role. In his 36-year rule, he will survive every type of plot and conspiracy, perform extraordinary feats and commit horrifying atrocities. He will be known as "Herod the Great," and his name will make history. With breathtaking narrative tension and rigorous historical research, Jos Luis Corral and Antonio Pi ero explode the myths about Herod and show us the truth about the man and his ambition.
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