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　　In this "informative and inspiring volume" (Chicago Tribune),

Robert Harvey reconstructs in vivid detail the gripping story of

Latin America's independence and those who made it possible.

Treated with contempt by their Spanish overlords, given to

dissipation and grandiose proclamations, these fearless men

nonetheless achieved military feats unsurpassed elsewhere in

history. The aristocratic Simón Bolívar led his guerilla armies

through swamp, jungle, and Andean ice to surprise his enemies and

liberate most of northern South America. The inarticulate San

Martín joined Bernardo O'Higgins, illegitimate son of a Spanish

viceroy, to do the same in the south. These and five others waged

the war for freedom against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars,

the American Revolution, the collapse of the Spanish Empire, and

the revolutionary ferment of the nineteenth century. Despite the

success of their revolutions, all seven liberators died in poverty,

disgrace, or oblivion.

This fascinating and dramatic story takes in a vast range of

martial experience, from butchery in the torrid Orinoco basin to a

cavalry fought with lances 13,000 feet up in the mountains of Peru.

It is one of the greatest and least-known epics of history, told

here in unprecedented detail.

"A splendid old-fashioned read for those who like their history

rich and romantic." (Foreign Affairs)

"Liberators is a lively, engaging introduction to a great turning

point in the history of our hemispheric mates." (Houston

Chronicle)

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　　Robert Harvey is a distinguished journalist and former member

of Parliament. He is the author of numerous books including, most

recently, A Few Bloody Noses: The Realities and Mythologies of

the American Revolution.

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In this "informative and inspiring volume" ( Chicago Tribune ), Robert Harvey reconstructs in vivid detail the gripping story of Latin America's independence and those who made it possible. Treated with contempt by their Spanish overlords, given to dissipation and grandiose proclamations, these fearless men nonetheless achieved military feats unsurpassed elsewhere in history. The aristocratic Simón Bolívar led his guerilla armies through swamp, jungle, and Andean ice to surprise his enemies and liberate most of northern South America. The inarticulate San Martín joined Bernardo O'Higgins, illegitimate son of a Spanish viceroy, to do the same in the south. These and five others waged the war for freedom against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, the American Revolution, the collapse of the Spanish Empire, and the revolutionary ferment of the nineteenth century. Despite the success of their revolutions, all seven liberators died in poverty, disgrace, or oblivion.

This fascinating and dramatic story takes in a vast range of martial experience, from butchery in the torrid Orinoco basin to a cavalry fought with lances 13,000 feet up in the mountains of Peru. It is one of the greatest and least-known epics of history, told here in unprecedented detail.

"A splendid old-fashioned read for those who like their history rich and romantic." ( Foreign Affairs )

" Liberators is a lively, engaging introduction to a great turning point in the history of our hemispheric mates." ( Houston Chronicle )