{ "item_title" : "La Sombra del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle", "item_author" : [" Arturo Pérez-Reverte "], "item_description" : "Bajo su tono desgarrado, l cido, divertido y tr gico a un tiempo, Arturo P rez-Reverte desvela una descarnada y mordaz visi n de la guerra y de la condici n humana. La sombra del guila narra una historia ficticia basada en un hecho real: durante la campa a de Rusia de 1812, en un combate adverso para las tropas napole nicas, un batall n de antiguos prisioneros espa oles, enrolados a la fuerza en el ej rcito franc s, intenta desertar, pas ndose a los rusos. Interpretando err neamente el movimiento, el Emperador lo toma por un acto de hero smo y ordena en su auxilio una carga de caballer a que tendr imprevisibles consecuencias. Este relato breve fue publicado en el diario El Pa s en agosto de 1993, mientras Arturo P rez-Reverte cubr a, como reportero, el conflicto de Bosnia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Arturo P rez-Reverte reveals a stark, humorous, piercing, tragic, and scathing vision of war and the human condition. The Shadow of the Eagle is based on a true story. During the Russian campaign of 1812, as the Napoleonic troops fight a battle they are about to lose, a battalion of former Spanish prisoners, forcibly enrolled in the French army, tries to join the Russians. Misinterpreting their intentions, the Emperor takes it for an act of heroism and orders a cavalry charge to their aid, with unforeseeable consequences. This short story was published in El Pa s in August 1993, while Arturo P rez-Reverte was reporting from Bosnia.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/8/46/633/327/8466333274_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "12.95", "online_price" : "12.95", "our_price" : "12.95", "club_price" : "12.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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