{"product_id":"9781487508609","title":"Sword of Luchana","description":"Author: Adrian Shubert\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487508609\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Aug 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into obscurity in a rural backwater of central Spain in the waning years of the eighteenth century, Baldomero Espartero (17931879) led a life resembling that of a character created by Stendhal or Gabriel Garca Mrquez. As a seventy-five-year-old man he was offered  and turned down  the throne of an industrializing nation. During his illustrious life, he fought against Napoleon, Simn Bolvar, and other Latin American independence leaders; won a seven-year civil war; served as regent for the child queen Isabella II; and spent years in exile in England. He governed as prime minister and also received multiple noble titles, including that of prince, which was normally reserved for members of the royal family. By his sixties, Espartero represented an almost mythical figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on comprehensive archival research in Spain, Argentina, and the United Kingdom, \u003ci\u003eThe Sword of Luchana\u003c\/i\u003e explores the public and private lives of this archetypal nineteenth-century hero. Adrian Shubert gives voice to the mass of ordinary Spaniards who revered Espartero as the embodiment of liberty and freedom, and to Jacinta Martnez de Sicilia y Santa Cruz, his wife of more than fifty years who played a key role in his public career. Including unprecedented access to Espartero's personal papers, and set against the background of wars and revolutions in Spain and its American empire, \u003ci\u003eThe Sword of Luchana\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling account of the history of a crucial period of war, revolution, and political and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919520710814,"sku":"ING-9781487508609","price":156.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487508609.jpg?v=1782813447","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487508609","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}