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Liberators: South America's Savage Wars of Freedom 1810-30: Latin America's Savage Wars of Freedom 1810-30

Categorie	Latijns Amerika
Boeknummer	#328475-ZA4
Titel	Liberators: South America's Savage Wars of Freedom 1810-30: Latin America's Savage Wars of Freedom 1810-30
Auteur	Harvey, Robert
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Lonson : Constable & Robinson
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	1841196231
ISBN13	9781841196237
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with b/w illustrations, portrait on endpaper, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This is the story of the seven extraordinary young men who gave their lives for South America's independence in the early years of the nineteenth century. They were Francisco de Miranda, who narrowly escaped the guillotine in France and impressed both George Washington and Catherine the Great; Simon Bolivar, an aristocrat with innumerable lovers, who led guerrilla armies through the swamps and jungles; the inarticulate San Martin and his comrade Bernardo O'Higgins, the illegitimate son of a Spanish viceroy; Admiral Lord Cochrane, the colourful Scottish nobleman known as the 'Sea Wolf'; Iturbide, cashiered for extortion and subsequently Emperor of Mexico; and Crown Prince Pedro of Portugal, who turned against his father and brought independence to Brazil. Despite their great daring and ulti... (Lees verder)mate success, all seven died amid pathos and tragedy.
Pagina's	568
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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