Evita: The Woman with the Whip

by Mary Main

Book Overview

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron was born in poverty in 1919 and died of cancer in 1952, at the age of 33, the richest and most powerful woman in Argentina. Her story is one of the most fantastic in history.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0396078346
• ISBN13: 9780396078340
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Dodd Mead
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A brutally honest book

I read this book for my higher English coarse and As I read it I became more and more Fascinated with Evita this book has so much detail that only intense research could have been done to get it this perfect. Mary's art of writing shines through in this outstanding Biography.The detail of every aspect of Eva's life is covered in this book some skimmed some in minute detail. My life has changed for ever after reading this book and as copies are in short supply I suggest you Find one and keep it forever. Or never fully live

A fantastic book detailing the life of the true Eva Peron

Read the only true story about Eva Peron without all of the glitz and fanfare.

Argintine friends say this is the "real" Evita

A friend just bought this paperback in a UK bookstore. Our Argentine expatriate friends say it describes the life of Eva Peron without the glamour and hype

Despite the title, not as vicious as you would think

The first edition of this book was published by Doubleday in 1952, shortly after the death of Eva Peron. The author used the pseudonym, "Maria Flores." All the newer books about Eva Peron refer to "Woman With The Whip," which is also credited as the source for Tim Rice's musical, "Evita." You either loved Evita or hated her -- and the author, an Anglo-Argentine, is in the latter camp. Although touted by the publisher as a "definitive biography," the first edition lacks any documentation to prove the author's arguments. Still, the book is interesting, well-written, and is an excellent source for the "other side of the story"--the rumors that the opposition believed about the Perons at the time. Essential reading for Evita fans