Fidel and Che by Simon Reid-Henry
The first dual biography of the most remarkable political friendship of the twentieth century: Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.
As exciting and readable as a Cold War thriller * The Times *
Reid-Henry brings back the danger and intense emotions of that revolutionary period..it reads like adventure fiction. * Independent *
Gripping...deeply impressive...rigorously sourced * Independent on Sunday *
Two big figures, one fine debut: It is quite a task to make your first book a lucid, pulsating study of not one but two huge figures, but Simon Reid-Henry pulls it off . . . Reid-Henry produces a taut history of two men who brought out the best in each other and came to embody the very notion of modern-day protest. * The Economist's Intelligent Life *
Absorbing * Sunday Times *
Lucid, well-researched and highly readable * City AM *
Reid-Henry brings back the danger and intense emotions of that revolutionary period..it reads like adventure fiction. * Independent *
Gripping...deeply impressive...rigorously sourced * Independent on Sunday *
Two big figures, one fine debut: It is quite a task to make your first book a lucid, pulsating study of not one but two huge figures, but Simon Reid-Henry pulls it off . . . Reid-Henry produces a taut history of two men who brought out the best in each other and came to embody the very notion of modern-day protest. * The Economist's Intelligent Life *
Absorbing * Sunday Times *
Lucid, well-researched and highly readable * City AM *
Simon Reid-Henry is an author and academic. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and was awarded the Leverhulme Prize in 2012. He is Associate Professor in the School of Geography at Queen Mary, University of London and Director of the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. His writing can be found in the Guardian, New Statesman, Economist, The Times, Independent on Sunday, and the London Review of Books. He divides his time between London and Oslo, where he lives with his wife and their two sons
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340923467 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340923466 |
| Title | Fidel and Che |
| Author | Simon Reid-Henry |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2009-07-09 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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