Bolívar : American liberator /

Arana, Marie, 1949-

Bolívar : American liberator / Marie Arana - First Simon & Schuster paperback edition - New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2014 - 603 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [569]-580) and index.

The road to Bogotá
Rites of passage
The innocent abroad
Building a revolution
The rise and fall of Miranda
Glimpses of glory
The Legions of Hell
A revolution struggles to life
The hard way west
The way to glory
The chosen son
Under the volcanoes
In the empire of the sun
The equilibrium of the universe
Era of blunders
Man of difficulties
Plowing the sea
The general in his labyrinth

An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman draws on a wealth of primary documents to set his life against a backdrop of the explosive tensions of 19th-century South America, providing coverage of such topics as his role in the 1813 campaign for Colombian and Venezuelan independence, his legendary love affairs and his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist and diplomat

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Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830


Jefes de Estado--Biografías


América del Sur --Historia--Guerras de Independencia, 1806-1830.

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