Simón Bolívar
1830 - Santa Marta
With the sea air of Santa Marta failing to do what battle and revolution could not, the liberator of five nations confronts the continent he freed and the chaos it became.
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1830 - Santa Marta
With the sea air of Santa Marta failing to do what battle and revolution could not, the liberator of five nations confronts the continent he freed and the chaos it became.
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1831 - Breslau
In Breslau, with sickness in the stairwell, the theorist of war reflects on the distance between what battle teaches and what nations choose to learn.
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Alive in this timeline around 1830 / story span 1830
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Alive in this timeline around 1831 / story span 1813-1831
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1830 - Santa Marta
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With the sea air of Santa Marta failing to do what battle and revolution could not, the liberator of five nations confronts the continent he freed and the chaos it became.
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1830 - Santa Marta
1831 - Breslau
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1831 - Breslau
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In Breslau, with sickness in the stairwell, the theorist of war reflects on the distance between what battle teaches and what nations choose to learn.
1799 - Mount Vernon
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In his last year at Mount Vernon, the father of a nation admits what the republic asked of him — and what it took.
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