Evita: in My Own Words - Hardcover

Peron, Eva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851589449 ISBN 13: 9781851589449

Publisher: Mainstream, 1997

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.

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Review

In My Own Words is extracted from a document, "My Message," purportedly written by Evita on her deathbed. The introduction by Joseph A. Page of Georgetown University argues for the authenticity of the document and provides a useful introduction to Evita's life and work. Evita rose from illegitimacy and poverty in rural Argentina to a stellar life as a celebrated beauty and consort of Juan Peron, president of Argentina. Evita as First Lady famously looked after the poor of her country and was beloved by ordinary people. She died tragically of uterine cancer at the age of 33 and became an icon for Argentina.

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".

Edition details

• Publisher: Mainstream
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1851589449
• ISBN 13: 9781851589449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• Number of pages: 112