Luis Español Bouché (

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, 1964) is a Franco-Spanish writer and translator, author of

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

works and

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Works

In his works, it can be point out several research lines: *Biography of various

humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...

personalities like

Clara Campoamor Clara Campoamor Rodríguez (12 February 1888 – 30 April 1972) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer, considered by some the mother of the Spanish feminist movement. She was one of the main promoters for women's suffrage in Spa ...

and Porfirio Smerdou, and other contribution on Human Rights questions. *The

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

and Republican Exile. We can emphasize his book about the end of that War, his work about the exile of

Óscar Esplá Óscar Esplá y Triay (5 August 1886 – 6 January 1976) was a Spanish composer. The Conservatorio Superior de Música ( conservatory) of the city of Alicante is dedicated to him. The ''Premio internacional de composición Óscar Esplá'' (Ós ...

and his already cited publications on Porfirio Smerdou and Clara Campoamor. *The

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and the

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. *The image of

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and

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, with his works about black legends, the

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's image in

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

and the

anti-Americanism Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general. Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...

. He is the biographer of

Julián Juderías Julián Juderías y Loyot (16 September 1877 – 19 June 1918) was a Spanish historian, sociologist, literary critic, journalist, translator and interpreter. Biography Juderías was born in Madrid to a prominent an cultured family. His ...

. *Another subjects in his works are

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, the Athenaeum of Madrid,

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, biographies of some Spanish

freemasons Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

or the historical sources of

Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...

Some books

*''Leyendas Negras: vida y obra de Julián Juderías (1877-1918): la leyenda negra antiamericana'', Salamanca, Junta de Castilla y León: Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 2007, *''Franceses en el Camino'', foreword of José María Solé, presentation of Josep Corominas i Busqueta, Barcelone, Grand Lodge of Spain, 2005, . *''Los leones del Quijote: de Juan de Austria a Guzmán el Bueno'', Madrid, Cirsa, 2005, *''Madrid 1939: del golpe de Casado al final de la Guerra Civil: el Consejo Nacional de Defensa, el principio del exilio'', la Diputación Permanente en París, Madrid, Almena, 2004, *''Nuevos y viejos problemas en la sucesión de la Corona Española: pragmática de Carlos III sobre matrimonios desiguales, derechos a la Corona de los hijos naturales, necesidad de una Ley de Sucesión, Doña Teresa de Vallabriga'', Madrid, Instituto Salazar y Castro: Ed. Hidalguía, 1999,

Editions and translations

*Edition and translation of Clara Campoamor, ''La revolución española vista por una republicana'', Sevilla, Espejo de Plata, 2005. España en Armas, Nº 2. , 2nd. ed., 2007,

References

The Spanish Wikipedia article on Luis Español {{DEFAULTSORT:Espanol, Luis 1964 births Living people Writers from Madrid Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish historians Spanish biographers Male biographers 21st-century Spanish historians