num_pages: 638
description: Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part myth, part visionary hoodlum and part brilliant general. A troubled childhood--marked by his father's early death in the fields and his sister's rape by a local landowner--and a prophetic dream propel young Villa through a period of lawlessness and drifting and into life as a military leader. The story moves convincingly through the events of Villa's life, showing him to be a man of fierce passions and moral conviction, a natural leader for the rebellion.
language: English
title: Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa
titlecomplete: Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa
characters: Pancho Villa
genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 70
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company