The Wrath of God: Lope de Aguirre, Revolutionary of the Americas Contributor(s): Balkan, Evan L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826350437 ISBN-13: 9780826350435 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | Latin America - South America |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2010051033 |
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.36" W x 9.16" (1.12 lbs) 236 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
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Publisher Description: In 1560, General Pedro de Urs a led an expedition through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. Three months later, Urs a was murdered. His replacement, Fernando de Guzm n, was also murdered. Emerging from the chaos was the Biscayan Lope de Aguirre, who turned away from El Dorado and led his men to Peru to overthrow the royal forces and declare independence from the Spanish Crown. When Aguirre was finally killed, the aftermath was astonishing: hundreds dead, entire towns depopulated, and a nascent revolution quashed. Deliberately provocative, Evan Balkan's The Wrath of God examines Aguirre, a symbol of Basque fury and rampage, arguing that Aguirre's historical representation as a one-dimensional madman deserves revisiting. Indeed, Aguirre may be the Americas' first true revolutionary, a view shared by Sim n Bol var, among others. 2011 marks the 450th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary and least known events in the history of the Americas, and Balkan's work offers a timely investigation into the revolutionary's life and controversial methods. |
Contributor Bio(s): Balkan, Evan L.: - Evan L. Balkan holds degrees in the humanities from Towson, George Mason, and Johns Hopkins universities and is the author of five books of nonfiction. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two daughters. |