Bolivar : American liberator / Marie Arana.

• The road to Bogota -- 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. 

Ämnesord

Statschefer  (sao)

Latinamerikanska självständighetskrigen 1806-1830  (sao)

Heads of state  -- South America -- Biography. (LCSH)

Heads of state  (lcsh)

Sydamerika  (sao)

South America  -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830. (LCSH)

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Personnamn

Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830

Klassifikation

F2235.3 (LCC)

980/.02092 (DDC)

Kqd (kssb/8 (machine generated))