{"product_id":"che-guevara-4","title":"Che Guevara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003efrom Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most fascinating figures by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson is truly definitive and monumental - not least because its creation solved a twenty-eight-year-old mystery: the whereabouts of Che Guevara's body...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Masterly and absorbing' -- \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliantly evoked... The portrait is now as complete as it will ever be' -- \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absorbing and convincing... an indispensable work of contemporary history' ? \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Probably the best biography I have read' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's hard to imagine that this work can be bettered' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simply outstanding' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A terrific read and genuinely the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e type of book you can't put down after you start reading......' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***************************************************************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA myth in his own lifetime; an international martyr-figure upon his death; a revolutionary fighter; a military strategist; a social philosopher; an economist; a medical doctor; a friend and confidant of Fidel Castro.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChe Guevara's\u003c\/b\u003e dream was an epic one - to unite \u003cb\u003eLatin America\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ethe rest of the developing world \u003c\/b\u003ethrough armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. In the end Che failed in his quest but he is recognized as that one-in-a-million personality who just might have pulled it off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChe Guevara: A Revolutionary Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e shuttles between the revolutionary capitals of \u003cb\u003eHavana\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAlgiers\u003c\/b\u003e to the battlegrounds of \u003cb\u003eBolivia\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ethe Congo\u003c\/b\u003e; from the halls of power in \u003cb\u003eMoscow\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWashington\u003c\/b\u003e to the exile havens of \u003cb\u003eMiami\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMexico\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGuatemala\u003c\/b\u003e, in a gripping tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. It has an epic sweep as it evokes an era of tumultuous change, describing major events like the \u003cb\u003eBay of Pigs invasion\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ethe October Missile\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecrisis\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKennedy's assassination\u003c\/b\u003e, weaving in a cast of historic personalities including \u003cb\u003eCastro, Kennedy, Kruschev, Mao Tse-tung, Jean Paul Sartre\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its painstaking research, never-before-seen documentation and compelling narrative, this is really the ultimate biography of a unique man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255906226520,"sku":"9780553406641","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780553406641_17f52d9a-581f-48c2-8768-321b03b22393.jpg?v=1780396231","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/che-guevara-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}