Dr Francia
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia has always divided opinion. For some of his subjects he was a paternal patriot, while for others he was a cruel, bigoted tyrant. His European and North American contemporaries clashed bitterly over whether he was a political Robin Hood, or an earthly Mephistopheles....
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Hodder & Stoughton
2024
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| Summary: | José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia has always divided opinion. For some of his subjects he was a paternal patriot, while for others he was a cruel, bigoted tyrant. His European and North American contemporaries clashed bitterly over whether he was a political Robin Hood, or an earthly Mephistopheles. Historians writing more recently have been similarly split about whether Francia was a devoted father to an emergent Paraguayan nation, or a man corrupted and even driven mad by the long-continued possession of absolute power. |
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