Our Lives Are the Rivers
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061984693 (0061984698)
Publish date: October 6th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Doña Manuela Sáenz was an illegitimate daughter of a Spanish nobleman who left her husband and became the lover and supporter of Simón Bolívar. She was very much involved in his struggle for independence from Spain, rode beside him in battle and earned the title of "Libertadora del Libertador" when ...
Overall, the author of this book took an interesting premise and an interesting real woman and turned them into a dreadful novel. I don't think I have rolled my eyes or yelled at a book this often in quite some time. The tone of the book felt too modern for a book supposedly set in the early 1800s. ...
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