Bolivar's Last Day

Bolivar fell in love with fanny du villar, seven years older than him. She was a well known fixture of parisian society life and connected to the world of the imperial family. The three venee as arrived in milan in may 18 o, five, just ahead of napoleon's coronation. Bolivar refused to join the revelry, and made a point to shut up his doors and windows. And that day will forever stand as a moment of ironic foreshadowing of bolivar's own tragic end. Because before his wife died, politics had captured his imagination,. and he never would have become the liberator if it hadn't been for