Rizal According to Retana: Portrait of a Hero and a Revolution by Elizabeth Medina

Out of print title.

We only have 1 copy left. If interested, email us: LNL.philippinebookshop@yahoo.com but do not pay for your order first. Upon receipt of your email, we will check with the publisher if the book is still available, what is the new price, and when to expect delivery. This way, we can relay the particulars to you before you pay. Please note that if you pay and then cancel your order for one reason or another, PayPal has a 3.9% plus $0.15 fee that they charge us for every transaction. So, we would appreciate it if you just follow the instructions as stated here. This way, we will not pass on this fee to you should you cancel your order.

"In 1609, the Spaniard Antonio de Morga, who held office in the Philippines from 1595 to 1605, published the first historiographical work on our country that described the native civilization that would soon disappear. Rizal discovered Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in the British Museum and decided to reprint it for the Filipinos in Paris in 1889, with his commentaries. In 1990, in Chile, Elizabeth Medina read of "some articles written by Retana, on how Spain lost the Philippines, that are worth reading" in a 1906 letter from the great Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno to a friend. She requested copies from Madrid and discovered the first Rizal biography, published by W.E. Retana in 1907. She immediately began translating it into English, with commentaries to clarify historical and cultural meanings that would otherwise be missed by postmodern Filipinos. Though her manuscript was accepted by the National Centennial Commission, Ms. Medina has published it herself in a limited edition of 1,000 copies for it to come out in time for the Centennial."

Item Weight : 1.11 pounds
Paperback : 229 pages
ISBN-10 : 956748309-4
ISBN-13 : 978-95-6-748309-9
Publisher : Virtual Multimedia (January 1, 1998)
Language: : English