Bernardo O'Higgins - A Biography

O'higgins was made a minor functionary in the junta government after independence in 18 ten, but he resigned in protest over juan miguel carrera's unilateral si of power. He returned to the south then, and would no doubt have taken a leading role in the looming civil war between conception and santiago. But the arrival of the peruvians in march 18 13 changed everyone's political calculus. As i said, the chileans joined forces to repel the invaders, and 35 year old bernardo higgins got his first taste of military action. All through 18 13, o'higgins won repeated skirmishes against the royalists and became a popular