César Vidal Manzanares "Los Hijos de la Luz" His detractors, including professional historians Ian Gibson and Ángel Viñas, accuse him of lack of rigor in his works, that often offer biased arguments. Vidal has been accused of misquoting historical sources and manipulating translations to support his own opinions. Previously, Vidal mentioned in his books the lack of research strength of books by Viñas and Gibson. His critics are also related to ideological prejudice, several times extremist leftist have express a desire to burn his books. César Vidal Manzanares César Vidal Manzanares, born 1958 in Madrid, is a Spanish radio host, lawyer turned historian
Soto del Real it is protected inside the Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares. It borders with Manzanares el Real on the West, Miraflores de la Sierra on the East, Colmenar Viejo on the South, and Rascafría on the North. Soto del Real encompasses a variety of terrains: mountain tops, slopes, and the Manzanares-Guadalix tectonic pit. The urban nucleus is inside the pit, going through the Mediano, Chozas and Matarrubias streams, which flow into the Santillana reservoir, so they are tributaries of the Manzanares river. Geologically speaking, it is divided into the Mountain range, where there is a predominance of Gneiss