Natalia Sobrevilla Perea is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent. She has published widely on the political, social and intellectual history of Peru and the Andes and is currently leading a project to digitize nineteenth-century newspapers in regional archives in Peru, funded by the British Library. Dr Sobrevilla Perea was previously a pre-doctoral Fellow and then a lecturer at Yale University.

'This book is a most welcome addition to the literature on politics, caudillismo, and state formation in post-Independence Latin America. The Caudillo of the Andes offers an engaging and fascinating account of one of the most important South American statesmen, inexplicably forgotten by most contemporary historians.' Carlos Aguirre, University of Oregon

• Introduction; 1. Early years at the twilight of the colonial period; 2. Great Marshall of Zepita: hero of independence; 3. The creation of Bolivia; 4. The genesis of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 5. The rise and fall of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 6. Defeat and exile; Epilogue.

Natalia Sobrevilla Perea is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent. She has published widely on the political, social and intellectual history of Peru and the Andes and is currently leading a project to digitize nineteenth-century newspapers in regional archives in Peru, funded by the British Library. Dr Sobrevilla Perea was previously a pre-doctoral Fellow and then a lecturer at Yale University.

'This book is a most welcome addition to the literature on politics, caudillismo, and state formation in post-Independence Latin America. The Caudillo of the Andes offers an engaging and fascinating account of one of the most important South American statesmen, inexplicably forgotten by most contemporary historians.' Carlos Aguirre, University of Oregon

• Introduction; 1. Early years at the twilight of the colonial period; 2. Great Marshall of Zepita: hero of independence; 3. The creation of Bolivia; 4. The genesis of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 5. The rise and fall of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 6. Defeat and exile; Epilogue.

Natalia Sobrevilla Perea is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent. She has published widely on the political, social and intellectual history of Peru and the Andes and is currently leading a project to digitize nineteenth-century newspapers in regional archives in Peru, funded by the British Library. Dr Sobrevilla Perea was previously a pre-doctoral Fellow and then a lecturer at Yale University.

'This book is a most welcome addition to the literature on politics, caudillismo, and state formation in post-Independence Latin America. The Caudillo of the Andes offers an engaging and fascinating account of one of the most important South American statesmen, inexplicably forgotten by most contemporary historians.' Carlos Aguirre, University of Oregon

• Introduction; 1. Early years at the twilight of the colonial period; 2. Great Marshall of Zepita: hero of independence; 3. The creation of Bolivia; 4. The genesis of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 5. The rise and fall of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 6. Defeat and exile; Epilogue.