Description
Book SynopsisFor more than a century,
Venezuela Heroica has been a source of inspiring stories for Venezuelan schoolchildren. Now ably translated and profusely annotated, the book retains the literary beauty and entertaining character of the original, presenting a vivid account of the Venezuelan wars waged against Spain while seeking independence. Stories of the major battles and the most famous heroes of the Independence Wars, as well as reflections on the conditions, political and otherwise, that attended the first decades of the Republic, can now be further enjoyed in this insightful and masterful translation.
Table of ContentsContents: La Victoria – San Mateo – The Siege of Valencia – Maturin – The Invasion of the Six Hundered Improperly Called the Retreat from Ocumare – Carabobo.
