Las grandes traiciones de Mexico / Mexicos High Treason (Spanish Edition)

Repeat winner of the National Prize for Journalism from the National Professional Association of Mexican Journalists, Moreno has authored a dozen books on Mexican history, most stemming from his numerous columns in national and international newspapers. He is the author of a total of six novels in the "México" series, including México ante Dios ("Mexico Before God"), in which he fictionalizes the life of a prisoner under Porfirio Díaz's dictatorship. Here, Moreno focuses on a dozen figures from Mexican history and recounts the treasons to which they subjected Mexico or were themselves subjected. No one is safe from the author's scrutiny as he tackles everyone from Pancho Villa to La Carambada, the woman who supposedly poisoned Benito Juárez, and from Emiliano Zapata to religious figures such as Antonio López de Santa Anna. The author's interpretation, which is historically well-grounded and meticulously researched, joins the long line of folklore surrounding such (in)famous individuals. Overall, the tome is well written, though perhaps a bit verbose, and the created dialog and opinions make the historical episodes easier to imagine. Recommended for all public libraries and bookstores serving Mexican patrons or where Moreno's previous titles are popular.—Sophie Lavoie, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton