Ponce de Leon: The Rise of the Argentine Republic

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AN ESTANCIERO

BOOK I THE BABYHOOD OF A GREAT NATION

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER I FATHER AND SON

CHAPTER II HOW DON GREGORIO LOPEZ SOUGHT AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF THE DAY

CHAPTER III CONCERNING THE DANGER OF FRIENDSHIP WITH AN ENEMY

CHAPTER IV SHOWING HOW A PATRIOT MAY ALSO BE A TRAITOR

CHAPTER V PERDRIEL

CHAPTER VI IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT A LESSON MAY BE WELL TAUGHT AND YET NOT LEARNED

CHAPTER VII THE TWELFTH AUGUST, 1806

BOOK II THE PROWESS OF A YOUNG GIANT

PROLOGUE (2)

CHAPTER I AT THE QUINTA DE PONCE

CHAPTER II THE YEOMANRY OF BUENOS AIRES

CHAPTER III ARMING THE SLAVES

CHAPTER IV STANDING ALONE

CHAPTER V AN EVENING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE

CHAPTER VI THE LANDING OF THE ENGLISH

CHAPTER VII THE BAPTISM OF FIRE

CHAPTER VIII LOS CORRALES DE LA MISERERE

CHAPTER IX THE NIGHT OF SORROW

CHAPTER X THE COUNCIL OF WAR

CHAPTER XI THE PATHWAYS OF DEATH

CHAPTER XII THE AFTERNOON OF THE 5TH JULY

CHAPTER XIII THE CAPITULATION OF THE 6TH JULY

EPILOGUE TO BOOKS I. AND II. THE MONUMENTS AND THE REWARDS OF VICTORY

APPENDIX THE COURT-MARTIAL

BOOK III THE UNKNOWN FUTURE

PROLOGUE (3)

CHAPTER I AT THE QUINTA DE DON ALFONSA

CHAPTER II THE EPISODE OF THE FAIR MAURICIA

CHAPTER III WATCH AND WAIT

CHAPTER IV THE RAISING OF THE VEIL

CHAPTER V TO OUR FRIENDS THE ENGLISH!

BOOK IV THE DAWN OF FREEDOM

PART I THE BRIGHTENING OF THE EASTERN SKY

PROLOGUE (4)

CHAPTER I MAGDALEN

CHAPTER II HOW DON GREGORIO LOPEZ A SECOND TIME SOUGHT AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF THE DAY

CHAPTER III SEVERAL WAYS OF LOOKING AT ONE QUESTION

CHAPTER IV HOW THE SPANIARDS ALSO PROPOSED TO THEMSELVES A

CHAPTER V HOW THE VICEROY TOOK COUNSEL WITH DON RODERIGO

CHAPTER VI THE EVE OF A GREAT EVENT

CHAPTER VII THE 1ST JANUARY, 1809

CHAPTER VIII EVAnA'S DREAM

CHAPTER IX THE DAY AFTER

CHAPTER X AMERICA FOR THE AMERICANS

BOOK V THE DAWN OF FREEDOM

PART II THE MISTS OF THE EARLY MORN

PROLOGUE (5)

CHAPTER I THE TWO VICEROYS

CHAPTER II THE TERTULIA AT THE HOUSE OF MY LADY JOSEFINA

CHAPTER III LA JUNTA DE LOS COMANDANTES

CHAPTER IV HOW DON CARLOS EVAnA ATTACKED THE WILD-DUCK, AND ROUTED THEM WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER

CHAPTER V HOW THE VICEROY PLACED A SWORD IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMIES OF SPAIN

CHAPTER VI CADUCO LA ESPAnA!

BOOK VI LIBERTY

PROLOGUE (6)

CHAPTER I HOW THE LAST TIE WAS BROKEN

CHAPTER II HOW DON GREGORIO LOPEZ FOR THE THIRD TIME SOUGHT AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF THE DAY

CHAPTER III THE OPENING OF THE MONTH OF MAY

CHAPTER IV DIAS DE LA PATRIA

CHAPTER V THE 25TH MAY, 1810

CHAPTER VI LIONS IN THE PATH

CHAPTER VII THE FIRST FIGHT IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

CHAPTER VIII HOW GENERAL LINIERS LOST AN IMPORTANT ALLY

CHAPTER IX LA CABEZA DEL TIGRE

CHAPTER X ONCE MORE IN THE PORCH TOGETHER

GENERAL EPILOGUE

Title: Ponce de Leon

The Rise of the Argentine Republic

Author: William Pilling

Language: English

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Note.This book was first published in 1878, and has long been out of print. The work has been recognized as the best and most accurate description yet written of the British Invasion, and the rise of the Argentine Republic.

 


PONCE DE LEON

THE RISE OF THE
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

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