Victoriano the Indian: The Biographical Novel of El Chacal (Spanish Edition)

I AM VICTORIANO HUERTA MÁRQUEZ AND I HAVE BEEN EMBALMED FOR TEN YEARS IN THIS HUMBLE COFFIN THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE GROUND... FOR MANY, I AM A MONSTER, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IN EVIL AND HORROR. It is enough to say that history knows him as El Chacal, and he is acclaimed as the greatest villain in the gallery of Mexican presidents. However, he is much more than that: in his youth, this indigenous Huichol became one of the best astronomers of his time and was a brilliant mathematician, geographer, mountaineer, cartographer, and one of the best Mexican military men. He never lost a battle, something unique in the country's history. Even after his exile following his betrayal of Madero and Pino Suárez, Victoriano Huerta's star did not dim. At that time, his most unusual chapter occurred: allied with Germany, he was on the verge of invading Mexico, declaring war on the United States, and changing the course of World War I. This biography – the first to cover the entirety of Huerta's life – is presented as a novel, but each fact is supported by historical sources, many of them primary, and by years of thorough research.

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