César Vidal Manzanares
Encyclopedia
César Vidal Manzanares (also known as César Vidal, norm 1958 in Madrid
) is a Spanish
radio host, historian
and author
. He hosts La Linterna in Cadena COPE
since 2004. A lawyer
turned historian
and then by request of his friend and host of La Mañana he became the host of La Linterna which currently is the second most popular radio show of Cadena COPE. He is known for the editorials at the beginning of the shows in which he links historical facts to current issues.
He is known for his views on Radical Islam, Spanish Civil War
and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
's administration. In La Guerra que Ganó Franco, Checas de Madrid and Paracuellos-Katyn. El Genocidio de la Izquierda he explains his views of the conflicts which are at odds with the leading leftist approach of the war but which are shared by fellow conservatives
like Pío Moa
and Ricardo de la Cierva. He has claimed in his show that Islam and France
are Spain
's two main enemies throughout its history. In his book, Paracuellos-Katyn. El Genocidio de la Izquierda, he provides facts as well as an actual number of people murdered during the Spanish Civil War for practicing Catholicism.
His detractors, including Ian Gibson
, accuse him of lack of rigor in his historical works, that often offer biased arguments. He has published more than 100 books. He also writes a column in La Razón
, and used to publish his Misterios de la Historia in Libertad Digital
. He has become hugely popular due to his radio show, and his books are usually among the best-sellers in Spain.
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Madrid
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) is a Spanish
Spain
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radio host, historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and author
Author
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. He hosts La Linterna in Cadena COPE
Cadena COPE
COPE, an acronym for Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas is a private, right wing, commercial, Spanish radio network owned by a series of institutions within the Spanish Catholic Church...
since 2004. A lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
turned historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and then by request of his friend and host of La Mañana he became the host of La Linterna which currently is the second most popular radio show of Cadena COPE. He is known for the editorials at the beginning of the shows in which he links historical facts to current issues.
He is known for his views on Radical Islam, Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party . He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he will not stand for re-election in 2012...
's administration. In La Guerra que Ganó Franco, Checas de Madrid and Paracuellos-Katyn. El Genocidio de la Izquierda he explains his views of the conflicts which are at odds with the leading leftist approach of the war but which are shared by fellow conservatives
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
like Pío Moa
Pío Moa
Luis Pío Moa Rodríguez better known as simply Pío Moa, is a Spanish writer and journalist. His specialised subject field is the history and origins of the Spanish Civil War, the Second Republic in Spain, Francoism and the various political movements of that era.During his youth, Moa was a radical...
and Ricardo de la Cierva. He has claimed in his show that Islam and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
are Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
's two main enemies throughout its history. In his book, Paracuellos-Katyn. El Genocidio de la Izquierda, he provides facts as well as an actual number of people murdered during the Spanish Civil War for practicing Catholicism.
His detractors, including Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson (author)
Ian Gibson is an Irish author and Hispanist known for his biographies of Antonio Machado, Salvador Dalí, Henry Spencer Ashbee, and particularly his work on Federico García Lorca, for which he won several awards, including the 1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography...
, accuse him of lack of rigor in his historical works, that often offer biased arguments. He has published more than 100 books. He also writes a column in La Razón
La Razón
La Razón is used as a name for newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world including:*La Razón , Argentina*La Razón , Bolivia*La Razón , Ecuador*La Razón , Peru...
, and used to publish his Misterios de la Historia in Libertad Digital
Libertad Digital
Libertad Digital is an advocacy journalism online newspaper edited in Madrid, Spain.Its claims to be classic liberal, with several contributors often tilting to libertarian conservative.- Origins :...
. He has become hugely popular due to his radio show, and his books are usually among the best-sellers in Spain.
Works
1987- Recuerdos de un testigo de Jehová
- El infierno de las sectas
1989
- Psicología de las sectas
1991
- Las sectas frente a la Biblia
1992
- Diccionario de patrística
1993
- Diccionario histórico del Antiguo Egipto
- El primer Evangelio: El documento Q
- El retorno del ocultismo: Nueva Era y fe cristiana
- Los documentos del Mar Muerto
1994
- Buda: Vida, Leyenda, Enseñanza
- El mito de María
- La sabiduría del Antiguo Egipto
- Recuerdo Mil Novecientos Treinta y Seis: Una Historia Oral de la Guerra Civil Espanola
- La otra cara del Paraíso: la verdad sobre las grandes sectas
1995
- Diccionario de Jesús y los Evangelios
- El Desafío de las Sectas
- El judeocristianismo palestino en el siglo I; De Pentecostés a Jamnia
- Historias Curiosas Del Ocultismo
- Manuscritos del Mar Muerto
- Textos para la historia del pueblo judío
1996
- Diccionario de Las Tres Religiones Monoteístas
- Durruti: La furia libertaria
- En Las Raíces De La Nueva Era
- José Antonio: La biografía no autorizada
- La guerra de Franco
1997
- Como Presentar el Evangelio A los Mormones
- Diccionario de los Papas
- El Holocausto
- El Maestro de la Justicia
- El médico del sultán
- Enciclopedia de las religiones
- La destrucción de Guernica: Un balance sesenta años después
- La esclava de Cleopatra
- La ocasión perdida: la Revolución Rusa de 1917: del régimen zarista a los horrores del estalinismo
- Los incubadores de la serpiente: orígenes ideológicos del nazismo, la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el Holocausto
- Conspiración contra las Sagradas Escrituras
1998
- Cuentos del Antiguo Egipto
- Las Cinco llaves de lo desconocido
- La tercera España
- Las Brigadas Internacionales
- Los textos que cambiaron la Historia
- Nuevo diccionario de sectas y ocultismo
1999
- Breve historia global del siglo XX
- Diccionario histórico del cristianismo
- El Caballo que aprendió a volar
- El Emperador Perjuro
- El Inquisidor Decapitado
- El Libro Prohibido
- El Obispo Hereje
- El Perro de Gudrum
- Enciclopedia del 'Quijote'
- Haway 1898: La historia de la última reina de Haway
- La Furia de Dios
- La leyenda de Al-Qit
- Los Esenios de Qumran
- Como Presentar el Evangelio A los Testigos de Jehová
- El yugo de los tártaros
- Enigmas y Secretos de la Inquisición
- La Estrategia de la Conspiración
2001
- El violinista del rey animoso
- Fan y la Reina de los Piratas
- Los exploradores de la Reina y otros aventureros victorianos
- Te esperaré mil y una noches
2002
- El poeta que huyó de Al-Ándalus
- Enigmas históricos al descubierto: de Jesús a Ben Laden
- La batalla de los cuatro reyes
- La mandrágora de las doce lunas
- Lincoln
- Los tres días del gladiador
- Yo, Isabel la Católica
- El año de la libertad
2003
- Bilbao no se rinde
- Checas de Madrid: Las cárceles republicanas al descubierto
- Nuevos enigmas históricos al descubierto: de Nostradamus a Saddam Hussein
- OVNIS Cual Es La Verdad?
- Victoria o muerte en Lepanto
- Pablo Iglesias
- De Isabel a Sofía: Medio milenio de reinas de España
- El aprendiz de cabalista
- El testamento del pescador
- El último tren a Zurich
- España frente al Islam: de Mahoma a Ben Laden Fernando Botero: La pasión de crea
2004
- Grandes procesos de la Inquisición. Seis relatos prohibidos
- Jose Carreras: Un canto a la esperanza
- La dama de la reina Isabel
- La luz del día final
- Memoria de la Guerra Civil Española: Partes nacionales y republicanos
- Miguel de Cervantes: El soldado escritor
- Pluma gris y el gran perro
- Primavera en el Camino de las Lágrimas
2005
- Bienvenidos a La Linterna: La historia nos ilumina la actualidad
- Diccionario secreto del 'Quijote'
- Dilaf el Sabio
- Dilaf y la princesa
- El Documento Q
- El Maestro De Scherezade
- El médico de Sefarad
- El Medico del Sultan
- El Talmud
- El talón de Aquiles
- El tributo de los elfos
- El último ajusticiado y otras historias de la inquisición
- El viento de los dioses
- Las alforjas del cuentacuentos
- Los evangelios gnósticos
- Los hijos de la luz
- Los masones: la historia de la sociedad secreta más poderosa
- Paracuellos-Katyn: Un ensayo sobre el genocidio de la izquierda
2006
- Artorius
- Camino del sur
- Corría el año... los mejores editoriales de La Linterna
- El Fuego del Cielo
- El legado del cristianismo en la cultura occidental: Los desafíos del siglo XXI
- El talón de aquiles
- España Frente a los Judíos: Sefarad: Del Profeta Jonas a la Expul Sion
- Jesus y los Manuscritos del Mar Muerto
- La guerra que ganó Franco
- Mentiras de la historia... de uso común
2007
- Cambiaron la historia
- César Vidal responde
- El camino hacia la cultura
- El escriba del faraón
- El hijo del hombre
- Jesús y Judas
- La noche de la tempestad.
2008
- La EZpaña de ZP
- España contra el invasor francés 1808
- Por que soy cristiano
External links
- http://www.lalinterna.com
- http://www.cesarvidal.com
- http://www.caminodelsur.com
- http://www.planetadeagostini.es/coleccionable/biblioteca-cesar-vidal.html