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I'm kind of surprised by the rightwinger comment. I was taught that Conrad deliberately avoided political commitment (he refused to vote either in England or Poland), distrusting socialism, capitalism (which he saw as base) etc... At least one of my lecturers described him as a centralist anarchist.
Anyway...
This thread started me looking for the name of a book I remember reading that covered the short period of revolution and counter revolution that led to the liberation of the South American Countries from colonial rule. It covers the lives of the seven most influential characters in the creation of South America - Simon Bolivar, Francisco de Miranda, San Martin, Bernardo O'Higgins, Admiral Lord Cochrane, Iturbide and Prince Pedro of Portugal.
The book's by Robert Harvey, and it's called The Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence, 1810 - 1850. It's a factual history book, but doesn't have the dry feel that I've found with a lot of the more textbook type history books.
It may be a little broader then you're looking for, but it has a section specifically on Bolivar... |
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