Table of Contents

1. Features 160 remarkable photographs, many of which have never been published; 2. Exclusive first-time interviews with Che's closest friends, family and fellow revolutionaries and allies; 3. Accompanying text includes detailed captions telling the real story behind each of the photographs. This unique and fascinating information is provided by Aleida March (the widow of Che Guevara), as well as several of Che's still-living contemporaries; 4. Features striking visual iconography such as propaganda posters, pictures, adverts, and artwork from renowned revolutionary artists. The pictures are sourced from the Cuban epartamento de Orientacion Revolucionaria, the Oficina de Asuntos Historicos, the Pabellon Cuba and the archives of the magazine Bohemia and the Prensa Latina press agency, many of which have not been available for use in this way; 5. Organized chronologically and also around the central themes of Che's life, portraying him not only as a revolutionary fighter, leader and public hero, but also as a private family man, individual and friend; 6. Significant extracts and quotations from Che's original texts (a 17-volume English language edition of which is in preparation), personal letters and other little known documents on subjects such as love, honor, integrity, morality, justice, liberation and joy; 7. A time-line charting the key stages in Che's life, from his Argentinian childhood to his death in Bolivia, via his travels through Latin America and his years as a revolutionary in Cuba; 8. A foreword by Che's son, Camilo Guevara March.

About the Author

Hilda Barrio was born in Havana and studied philosophy and history of art at the university of Havana. She has taught philosophy to diplomats and worked as a curator for the art institute Centro Wifredo Lam and as a producer for national Cuban television. She currently works as a free lance cultural researcher. She undertook the picture research for Havana in My Heart: a celebration of Cuban photography, by Gareth Jenkins (MQ Publications, 2002). Gareth Jenkins was born in England and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the Oxford University, followed by a master's degree in Economics. He has been visiting Cuba for many years and is recognised as a a leading expert on Cuban culture, business and politics, regularly speaking at conferences on both sides of the Atlantic. He is the author of Havana in My Heart: a celebration of Cuban photography (MQ Publications, 2002).