EVITA : In My Own Words - Softcover

Eva Peron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565843533 ISBN 13: 9781565843530

Publisher: THE NEW PRESS, 2005

Synopsis

This autobiography of Eva Peron portrays the full range of her beliefs, from idealization of her husband the dictator, to her self-aggrandisement as Minister for the Poor, her bitter enmity to all anti-Peronists, and her rage at the Church and military for ultimately betraying her husband

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In 1987, a small Argentine publishing house published a document that had recently been found in a government archive in Buenos Aires. The document was called "Mi mensaje", or "My Message", and appeared to be the long-lost deathbed manuscript of Eva Peron, referred to by her and mentioned in several biographies of her. Rumor had it that the document, which is critical of the Argentine church and military, had been suppressed for thirty years after her death by her husband, Argentine President Juan Peron. Like everything about Evita, "My Message" is shrouded in mystery and myth. Leading Peron scholars disagree about whether Evita wrote every word herself and about whether it is an accurate reflection of Evita's thinking at the time of her death. Her estate, however, insists that the work is not by Evita. In In My Own Words, "My Message" appears in English for the first time, published with an extensive introduction by Peron scholar Joseph A. Page, who weighs all the claims and counterclaims about the document's authenticity and concludes that "My Message" is "a vital document...probably based in part on dictation by the wife of Argentine President Juan Peron".

About this edition

• Publisher: THE NEW PRESS
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1565843533
• ISBN 13: 9781565843530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128