King of the Night

"This is a major contribution to Ecuadorian history, to the history of early national South America, and to political biography. . . . A work of superior scholarship, it should become the standard study in the field."--Jaime E. Rodriguez, University of California, Irvine "This work will be an essential building block toward a better understanding of Ecuadorian and Latin American history during the first half-century of independence."--Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr., Tulane UniversityVan Aken, Mark J. is the author of 'King of the Night', published 1989 under ISBN 9780520062771 and ISBN 0520062779.