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El volumen 14 de la BCRAE reúne los dos títulos más señalados de Fernando del Pulgar: Claros varones de Castilla, galería de veintiuna semblanzas literarias de destacados personajes de la corte de Enrique IV, y las Letras, colección de muy variadas cartas dirigidas a diferentes corresponsales en las que el autor discurre sobre toda clase de asuntos y que, consideradas –como Claros varones– un modelo de estilo, tuvieron –al igual que aquéllos– un sostenido éxito editorial en el Quinientos. En su dedicatoria a la reina Isabel, Pulgar define con claridad el propósito de su galería de retratos, dejando clara la raigambre clásica de su inspiración: «Yo, muy excelente reina y señora, criado desde mi menor edad en la corte del rey, vuestro padre, y del rey don Enrique, vuestro hermano, movido con aquel amor de mi tierra que los otros hobieron de la suya, me dispuse a escribir de algunos claros varones, perlados y caballeros, naturales de vuestros reinos, que yo conocí y comuniqué, cuyas hazañas y notables hechos, si particularmente se hobiesen de contar, requería hacerse de cada uno una gran historia. Y por ende, brevemente, con el ayuda de Dios, escribiré los...

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