Eva Peron: A Biography
by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz
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Author: Alicia Dujovne OrtizTranslator: Shawn Fields
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-07-15
ISBN: 0312168276
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Summary of Eva Peron: A Biography
No other female political leader in the 20th century is surrounded by more mythology and more romantic lore than Eva Peron. Here, in this in-depth, irresistibly revealing biography, Alicia Dujovne Ortiz leaves no stone unturned as she penetrates the complexities behind Peron's enduring allure. "By far the best researched and most balanced (biography) . . . about Eva Peron".--"Newsday". of photos.A biography of Evita, the saintly madonna of Argentina which leans more toward entertainment than heavy history. Ortiz recounts Eva Peron's humble birth, her extraordinary rise to power in Argentina at the side of her husband General Juan Peron, and her short and legendary reign as a virtual queen, dispensing comfort to the masses before she died from cancer at 33. Evita was christened Eva Maria Duarte by her mother, whose liberal sex life was a necessary response to poverty. The beautiful Eva found the same necessity when she went to find work as an actress in Buenos Aires. Eva's power over men eventually caught General Peron, and together their hatred of the ruling oligarchy reshaped the country. It is a political story with enough spice to make a dozen bodice-ripping novels.
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