Fraser, Nicholas,
Evita Nicholas Fraser and Marysa Navarro. - New York : W.W. Norton, 1996. - 198, [24] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Eva Peron. London : Deutsch, 1980. With new introd. and epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213-217]) and index.
House of Dona Juana --
Buenos Aires --
Colonel and the actress --
17 October, 1945 --
Wife of the President --
Europe --
New Argentina --
Gift of giving --
Bridge of love --
Death and its public --
Body and the myth --
Epilogue --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index.
In the colorful, tumultuous setting of postwar Argentina, Eva Peron wielded a power--spiritual and practical--that has few parallels outside of hereditary monarchy. In this "fascinating, frightening, straightforward" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) biography, Fraser and Navarro have produced "a work of great political sophistication. ... Factual, nuanced, and absorbing" (Kirkus Reviews). Photos.
0393315754 (pbk.)
96045727
Peron, Eva, 1919-1952.
Presidents' spouses--Biography.--Argentina
Politicians--Biography.--Argentina
F2849.P37 / F7 1996
982.06/2/092 15
Evita Nicholas Fraser and Marysa Navarro. - New York : W.W. Norton, 1996. - 198, [24] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: Eva Peron. London : Deutsch, 1980. With new introd. and epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213-217]) and index.
House of Dona Juana --
Buenos Aires --
Colonel and the actress --
17 October, 1945 --
Wife of the President --
Europe --
New Argentina --
Gift of giving --
Bridge of love --
Death and its public --
Body and the myth --
Epilogue --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index.
In the colorful, tumultuous setting of postwar Argentina, Eva Peron wielded a power--spiritual and practical--that has few parallels outside of hereditary monarchy. In this "fascinating, frightening, straightforward" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) biography, Fraser and Navarro have produced "a work of great political sophistication. ... Factual, nuanced, and absorbing" (Kirkus Reviews). Photos.
0393315754 (pbk.)
96045727
Peron, Eva, 1919-1952.
Presidents' spouses--Biography.--Argentina
Politicians--Biography.--Argentina
F2849.P37 / F7 1996
982.06/2/092 15