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Don Juan O'Brien : An Irish adventurer in nineteenth-century South America /

"This is the first comprehensive study of John Thomond O'Brien, one of the most significant Irish-born figures in the history of modern South America. Born in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, in the late eighteenth-century, O'Brien emigrated to Buenos Aires in the second decade of the nin...

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Autor principal: Fanning, Tim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note About Translations -- Introduction: Revolutionary, entrepreneur, self-publicist -- 1 King Cotton -- 2 The Mounted Grenadier -- 3 The Invasion of Chile -- 4 The Liberation of Peru -- 5 The Emigrant's Dream -- 6 Laykakota -- 7 The Irish Community in Buenos Aires -- 8 El Dorado -- 9 The Restorer of the Laws -- 10 The Great War -- 11 'Messenger of the Heroes' -- Conclusion: Reputation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover 
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