JOSE RIZAL'S EL FILIBUSTERISMO TRADE PAPERBACK

An Incendiary Novel That Brings To Light The Long-Drawn-Out Indignities Suffered By Ordinary Filipinos At The Hands Of The Spanish Friars And Statesmen In 19Th Century Philippines.

Thirteen Years After The Events OfNoli Me Tangere,The Idealistic Intellectual Crisostomo Ibarra Resurrects As The Cruel And Fabulously Wealthy Jeweler, Simoun. He Sows The SeedsAnd The GunsFor The Armed Uprising Against The Spanish Through His Influence On The Governor General And His Social Clout In Manila'S Upper Echelons. His Nefarious Plans Bring Together Several Young Idealistic University StudentsAmong Them Basilio, Whose Mother Ibarra Helped Bury Thirteen Years Before, And Isagani, The Poet And Passionate Debater. In The Battle For The Soul And Independence Of The Phil