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A biography of Evita, the saintly madonna of Argentina which leans more toward entertainment than heavy history. Ortiz recounts Eva Peron's humble birth, her extraordinary rise to power in Argentina at the side of her husband General Juan Peron, and her short and legendary reign as a virtual queen, dispensing comfort to the masses before she died from cancer at 33. Evita was christened Eva Maria Duarte by her mother, whose liberal sex life was a necessary response to poverty. The beautiful Eva found the same necessity when she went to find work as an actress in Buenos Aires. Eva's power over men eventually caught General Peron, and together their hatred of the ruling oligarchy reshaped the country. It is a political story with enough spice to make a dozen bodice-ripping novels.

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0751519456, Paperback)

What fed Eva Peron's desire to be the savior Argentina's working class. Comprehensive and dramatic biography.

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 8466306579, Mass Market Paperback)

In this rigorous biography, Dujovne Ortiz takes us closer to the periphery of a woman who, from humble origins, was able to reach the rare privilege of living forever in our collective memory.

Description in Spanish:
Entre la santidad y el escándalo, la figura de Eva Perón ha marcado la historia de este siglo. Alcanzada por el prestigio controvertido de su marido, Juan Perón, ha logrado trascenderlo para acceder a la altura de un mito que brilla con luz propia. Más allá de la versión que la condena a la beatitud inconmovible, y del prejuicio que la congela en la imagen de una arribista, la vida real de Eva tiene los ingredientes de un melodrama y las incógnitas de una novela policial. En esta biografía abierta, desprejuiciada y rigurosa, Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, una de las más reputadas periodistas argentinas, muestra magistralmente las peripecias de una mujer que, desde su origen humilde, alcanzó el raro privilegio de vivir para siempre en la memoria colectiva.