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Bolivar
- American Liberator
- Narrated by: David Crommett
- Length: 20 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
It is astonishing that Simón Bolívar, the great Liberator of South America, is not better known in the United States. He freed six countries from Spanish rule, traveled more than 75,000 miles on horseback to do so, and became the greatest figure in Latin American history. His life is epic, heroic, straight out of Hollywood: he fought battle after battle in punishing terrain, forged uncertain coalitions of competing forces and races, lost his beautiful wife soon after they married and never remarried (although he did have a succession of mistresses, including one who held up the revolution and another who saved his life), and he died relatively young, uncertain whether his achievements would endure.
Drawing on a wealth of primary documents, novelist and journalist Marie Arana brilliantly captures early 19th-century South America and the explosive tensions that helped revolutionize Bolívar. In 1813 he launched a campaign for the independence of Colombia and Venezuela, commencing a dazzling career that would take him across the rugged terrain of South America, from Amazon jungles to the Andes mountains. From his battlefield victories to his ill-fated marriage and legendary love affairs, Bolívar emerges as a man of many facets: fearless general, brilliant strategist, consummate diplomat, passionate abolitionist, gifted writer, and flawed politician.
A major work of history, Bolívar colorfully portrays a dramatic life even as it explains the rivalries and complications that bedeviled Bolívar’s tragic last days. It is also a stirring declaration of what it means to be a South American.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-07-21
Beautifully narrated
It is refreshing on Audible to have a native speaker reading a book in which so much Spanish is used, in the form of names, places and words.
But the book is far too detailed, includes hundreds of names of people that one cannot keep track of, and it becomes very tedious. It is, in my opinion, a book for specialists. I had to give up a third of the way through.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-02-24
Viva el valiente libertador Simon Bolivar
Excelent book and narrator, his tone of voice and intention matches the narration perfectly without overdramatizing. Simon Bolivar and his outstanding courage is an infinite source of inspiration
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- 14-01-16
The truth RDH
Very powerful book about this man who freed South America from Spain and leaving a very big lump within my throat and leaving me tearful. Also a very good history lesson about South America up to this visit present day.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-10-23
Top audiobook
This is a great story brilliantly read. I knew nothing of Bolivar beforehand. The author’s obvious admiration for her subject comes through very clearly
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- Knowledge thru Books.
- 19-07-19
Epic
What a insightful , deep , evocative book. Bolivar was a great man with many flaws.. Maria Arana captures Bolivar life in meaningful and succinct way
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- Bahram Pourghadiri
- 05-08-24
Right pronunciation of names & places. Impressive!
Detailed & yet so exciting to follow the story of one of the greatest leaders. I enjoyed the narrative & learned so much about South America. Praise to Marie Arana.
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- Well That Aged Well
- 12-05-23
Too much breathing
Such a greag book deserves a better narrator! So annoying to hear the narrator take a breath after almost every sentence. Duch a shame too because I really like his voice and he pronounces the spanish words perfectly.
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