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Dr Francia
- Abstract:
- 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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- Published
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- Publication website:
- https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-dale-2/the-dictators/9781399721608/
- Publisher:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Host title:
- The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History
- Chapter number:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
- Publication date:
- 2024-09-05
- Edition:
- 1
- EISBN:
- 9781399721639
- ISBN:
- 9781399721608
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- Copyright holder:
- Alex Middleton
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Rights statement:
- © Introduction and selection Iain Dale; individual essays, the contributors 2024.
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- This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available online from Hodder & Stoughton.
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