Holland es doctor en Historia Antigua por la universidad de Oxford. Pero en los c\u00edrculos editoriales es mucho m\u00e1s conocido por su curriculum como novelista (Banquete de sangre, El se\u00f1or de los muertos, El Sue\u00f1o de Tutankam\u00f3n\u2026) que por su trayectoria cient\u00edfica o divulgativa. Es l\u00f3gico, porque el hambre agudiza el ingenio. Y en este caso, a tenor del resultado, adem\u00e1s de l\u00f3gico es deseable, porque en Rubic\u00f3n, Holland logra unir a sus profundos conocimientos su pericia como narrador, obteniendo como s\u00edntesis una obra deliciosa, amen\u00edsima, vibrante y enormemente satisfactoria para el intelecto. Aunque Rubic\u00f3n abarca cronol\u00f3gicamente gran parte de la Historia de la Rep\u00fablica de Roma, centra su atenci\u00f3n en el periodo conocido por la Historiograf\u00eda como Crisis de la Rep\u00fablica (entre la \u00e9poca de los Graco y la proclamaci\u00f3n del Principado de Augusto) y, especialmente, en los \u00faltimos 40 a\u00f1os del r\u00e9gimen republicano, un periodo bastante conocido por el gran p\u00fablico y de profusa y casi inagotable bibliograf\u00eda. Sin embargo, la obra de Holland resulta novedosa y refrescante por el tratamiento empleado. Sobre la narraci\u00f3n cronol\u00f3gica de los hechos (el verdadero leit motiv de Rubic\u00f3n, cuyo desarrollo alcanza tal intensidad dram\u00e1tica que a veces parece una novela) introduce frecuentes cu\u00f1as aclaratorias respecto a las instituciones republicanas, la vida cotidiana, la evoluci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, las costumbres populares, la organizaci\u00f3n social, la religi\u00f3n\u2026 Y todo ello imbricado tan \u00edntimamente con el hilo conductor de la obra que apenas se advierte su presencia. Pero, adem\u00e1s, Holland no se priva de introducir, algo m\u00e1s que espor\u00e1dicamente, sus opiniones personales e incluso sus m\u00e1s que particulares interpretaciones de la Historia. En ello radica, a nuestro juicio, gran parte del atractivo de la obra y, parad\u00f3jicamente, su mayor defecto. Porque es de agradecer, por un lado, la valent\u00eda que Holland demuestra al formular sin tapujos sugerentes hip\u00f3tesis y refrescantes interpretaciones, utilizando para ello equivalencias con el mundo actual o con etapas hist\u00f3ricas relativamente recientes de gran utilidad did\u00e1ctica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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