El hombre más peligroso del mundo

This book presents the memories of people that made history in a brilliant or obscure way. With Colon narrating his own experiences in life, the book brings the reader realistic social history. Also includes a large graphic chronological documentation, glossary of special terms & detailed bibliography.

In 1666 Exquemeling left for America from the port of Le Havre onboard a ship of the French Company of the West Indies. The ship was captured by pirates and Exquemeling was sold into slavery on the island of Tortuga. During his captivity he learned from his master how to perform surgery. He served under the distinguished pirates L'Olonnais, Morgan, and Bertrand d'Oregon until the failed landing on the west coast of Puerto Rico, in 1674. He also participated in sieges on land: he fought in the two Maracaibo assaults on the island of Santa Catalina and in the devastation of Panama. Los piratas...

«Quisiera uno seguir refugiándose todos los días en estas páginas, que son al mismo tiempo una inmersión en el agua bautismal de la literatura y una huída hacia tiempos más felices o que ahora nos parecen tales, porque conservan un resol de juventud que se irá empalideciendo. Ahora comprendo que escribir unas memorias, aunque ligeras como éstas, es más metafísico y corazonal de lo que uno pensaba. Me cuesta dejar este libro porque me ha hecho mucha compañía durante los meses de su escritura. Y no porque haya pensado mucho en él, que no ha sido así, sino porque de pronto abrí...

The unpublished Che book that makes an insightful contribution to the revival of interest in Marxism.