Cesar Vidal

C�SAR VIDAL is a historian, writer, and political commentator. Originally from Spain, Vidal now lives in the United States. He holds doctorates in theology and philosophy, Spanish Law and history (UNED), receiving the 1991 Valedictorian Academic award for his thesis in history (UNED), De Pentecost�s a Jamnia. Vidal speaks several languages, has written more than 200 books, and has translated several works into Spanish, including those by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Vidal has received several literary awards for various works, including the Ciudad de Cartagena historical fiction prize for La mandr�gora de las doce lunas, and in 2004 his El testamento del pescador (The Fisherman�s Testament) sold more copies in Spain than any other inspirational book except the Bible. Vidal was also the first to translate into Spanish the gnostic gospels of Nag Hammadi, Manetho�s history of Egypt, and he wrote the first reconstruction in Spanish of the hypothetical Q document. Vidal is a well-known personality in Spanish media and has hosted various television and radio shows. At present, he hosts La Voz, a daily Spanish-language podcast with more than 3 million monthly downloads.