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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fanning, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
O'Brien, John Thomond.
South America.
Amerique du Sud > Histoire > 1806-1830 (Guerres d'independance)
South America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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