revolutionaries

A biography of French revolutionist Maximilien Robespierre that describes his role in the revolution and sentencing of thousands of deaths by guillotine.

Examines the life and career of Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, discussing why he became an outlaw, his fight against the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, his battle with the United States, and his retirement to the life of a rancher.

Follows the life of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, who became the first head of the Soviet state.

An account of the life and times of the man who has been the leader of Cuba since 1959.

Profiles seventy-three men and women who helped their societies win greater justice, equality, and freedom.

Describes the role Danton played in harnessing the energies of his countrymen to depose the king and enlist in wars against foreign and domestic enemies of the Republic.

A comprehensive photographic history of Cuba's Fidel Castro that documents his childhood, revolutionary politics, and nearly fifty years in power in Cuba.

Presents an overview of the history of the Declaration of Independence, providing information on the meaning of the document, as well as describing the circumstances leading to the Revolution War and some of the challenges faced by the men who wrote it.

Recounts the life of Rigoberta Mench?, a young Guatemalan peasant woman who turned to catechist work as an expression of political revolt and religious commitment after her brother and parents were murdered by the Guatemalan military; and sheds light on everyday life in Latin America's Indian communities.

A fictionalized account of how Thomas Paine, a revolutionary and political scientist, came to live in the American colonies and assumed his own role in the creation of a new nation.