Tom Gjelten
Bacardi y la larga lucha por Cuba
Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd., 2011 г.
978-0-451-41495-3
Книгопечатная продукция
Объем: 480 стр.
En 1862, Facundo Bacard? aposto por crear en Cuba una pequena destiler?a de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consum?an marineros y obreros. Pronto el ron Bacard? se convertir?a en la bebida favorita de la isla y quedar?a ligado a la identidad cubana.
Recorriendo la historia de la familia Bacard?, que siempre ha estado en primer plano en todos los grandes acontecimientos de la historia de Cuba - desde la Independencia hasta el actual embargo pasando por la Revolucion y Bah?a de Cochinos - Tom Gjelten ha escrito una epica narrativa que explica la Cuba moderna, sus tormentosas relaciones con Estados Unidos, la ascension de Fidel Castro - de la que se ofrece una perspective hasta ahora desconocida - y la violenta division que sufre la naci?n cubana desde entonces.
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