Lynch, John, 1927-

Simòn Bolìvar : a life / John Lynch. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - xiii, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-340) and index.

Out of a Spanish colony -- Lessons from the Age of Reason -- Creole revolution -- War to the death -- Touchstone of the revolution -- New strategy, new front -- Society according to Bolìvar -- War and love in the Andes -- The man of problems -- The magic of his prestige -- Journey of disillusion -- The legacy.

0300110626 (cl. : alk. paper)

2005034838


Bolìvar, Simòn, 1783-1830.


Heads of state--South America--Biography.


South America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.

F2235.3 / .L97 2006

980/.02092 B