num_pages: 438
description: A classic biography of the PHilippine's National Hero this book revises the previous edition written for the Jose Rizal Centennial with fresh insights new data and new appedices. One of the best-selling books on Rizal this volume contains new inforamation about the conditions in Rizal's times the attempt on his life in Dapitan his prophetic views about the Philippines and other data. In particular it correts the impression that Rizal had been a colonial-made hero and affirms that he was a hero for all seasons and for all people -- Filipinos Spaniards and Americans Germans Austrians Malays Indonesians etc. His famous diary essays letters and also poems are foun either in excerpt or in entirety. His famous novels and incomplete workes are also discussed within. ----No other biography of Jose Rizal has been read studied and loved by generations of Filipinos since the 1960's as Dr Zaide's biogaphy on the life works and writing of Jose Rizal. --a college lecturer
language: English
title: José Rizal: Life, Works, and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist, and National Hero
publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.