Che Guevara's widow remembers a great revolutionary romance tragically
cut short by Che's assassination in Bolivia.
When Aleida March first met Che Guevara, she was a twenty-year-old
combatant from the provinces of Cuba, he an already legendary
revolutionary and larger-than-life leader. And yet there was another,
more human side to Che, one Aleida was given special access to, first as
his trusted compañera and later as the love of his life.
With great immediacy and poignancy, Aleida recounts the story of their
epic romance--their fitful courtship against the backdrop of the Cuban
revolutionary war, their marriage at the war's end and the birth of
their four children, up through Che's tragic assassination in Bolivia
less than ten years later. Featuring excerpts from their letters, nearly
one hundred never-before-seen photographs from their private collection,
and a moving short story Che wrote for Aleida, here is an intimate look
at the man behind the legend and the tenacious, courageous woman who
knew him best--a story of passionate love, wrenching sacrifice, and
unwavering heroism.