Marie Arana
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman examines his life against a backdrop of the tensions of nineteenth-century South America, covering his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist, and diplomat.
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Las historias eternas de tres latinoamericanos contemporáneos cuyas vidas representan tres fuerzas impulsoras que han dado forma al carácter de la región: la explotación, la violencia y la religión.
The timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation, violence, and religion.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation...