ROMANTIC REVOLUTIONARY: SIMON BOLIVAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Book ID/图书代码： 03275010B43136
English Summary/英文概要： Simon Bolivar was the archetypal romantic revolutionary. Born into privilege and nurtured in the Rousseau’s philosophy of the Homme Sauvage, it was not until the young colonial visited Europe that the taper of revolution was lit that sent the young man on a death-defying quest to fight for the people of his homeland, and eventually liberate the whole of continental South America. Bolivar’s struggle for liberty is a story of extraordinary courage and fortune. Since the age of the Conquistadores, South America was controlled from Spain with an iron grip. The Spanish army brutalised the people while the wealth of the continent was shipped away to Europe. In 1807, he returned to Caracas and joined the resistance movement, declaring independence for Venezuela four years later. He soon gave up politics, however, to search for a military solution, devising the ’Decree of War until Death’ in July 1813, and claiming the title El Liberador. Yet once again, after initial victories he found himself fleeing for his life. His final campaign from 1817 to 1821 saw the eventual liberation of Venezuela, Columbia, Equador and Panama. He continued his commitment to liberty with the subsequent conquest of Peru. In 1825, the new nation of Bolivia was created in the spirit that had driven Bolivar himself to achieve so much - revolutionary zeal and enlightenment principles. Nonetheless, by 1828 Bolivar had declared himself a dictator. After assassination attempts and uprisings the liberator was finally hounded from office and eventually died as he waited to go into exile in Europe. Bestselling author of "The War of Wars", Robert Harvey bring a lifetime’s fascination into Bolivar and explores the complex personality behind the revolutionary. He vividly recreates the story of the campaigns and draws a panoramic portrait of South America at the turning of the Spanish Empire.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 帶領人民邁向自由的鬥士 - 西蒙‧玻利瓦爾 在脫離殖民剝削的歷史中
美國有偉大開國元勳喬治‧華盛頓
拉丁美洲有滿腔熱血、以民為本的西蒙‧玻利瓦爾(Simon Bolivar)
他充滿理想、越挫越勇
帶領拉丁美洲人民邁向人民做主，自由的新未來！
西蒙‧玻利瓦爾(Simon Bolivar)是幫助拉丁美洲脫離西班牙帝國殖民統治的英雄，是個典型的浪漫主義革命家。他的革命過程充滿熱情和勇氣，每每遇到敗兵的挫折，別人都想放棄理想時，只有他憑著一腔熱血，帶領人民勇往直前，爭取自由！
西蒙‧玻利瓦爾出身於富有的貴族階級，在年少時到歐洲遊歷，受到歐洲啟蒙思想的洗禮。當時全拉丁美洲被西班牙殖民，包含他的家鄉委內瑞拉都活在西班牙的淫威之下。這些惡行惡狀的西班牙人到處壓榨人民血汗，並把殖民地的資源通通運到歐洲去。革命之火在他年少熱情的心中熊熊燃起，他決定要幫委內瑞拉的人民，甚至是整個拉丁美洲的人民爭取自由，追求他們應有的幸福！在1807年，他回到故鄉，到處參與反西班牙殖民的活動。他發現走政治途徑是沒有用的，並決心以軍事手段為其他地區爭取獨立。在他的號召和領導下，委內瑞拉、哥倫比亞、厄瓜多、巴拿馬、秘魯和玻利維亞陸續獲得解放，玻利瓦爾在這些地區的人民擁戴下，建立「大哥倫比亞共和國」，當上共和國總統。
雖然如此位高權重，但玻利瓦爾只接受「解放者」(El Liberador)這個稱號，放棄所有獨裁的權力，為拉丁美洲建立民主的概念。但好景不常，委內瑞拉和哥倫比亞的領導人因意見不合而發生衝突，共和國陷入動亂，還有人企圖暗殺玻利瓦爾。玻利瓦爾只好被迫退位，黯然離開故土，之後在等待被流放歐洲之時去世。(Chris)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Harvey is a former member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, was assistant editor of The Economist, and foreign affairs leader writer for the Daily Telegraph. His books include the highly acclaimed The Wars of Wars and Mavericks. He lives in Powys, Wales.
羅伯特‧哈維(Robert Harvey)是前下議院議員，隸屬於外交事務委員會(Foreign Affairs Committee)。他也是《經濟學人》(The Economist)的助理編輯，和《每日電訊報》(the Daily Telegraph)的外交事務評論員。他的作品包括備受讚揚的《The Wars of Wars : The Great European Conflict 1793-1815》和《18位改變歷史的軍事將領》(Mavericks- 18 Military Leaders Who Changed the Course of History)。
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