Memoirs of Simon Bolivar
A Prussian-born soldier, Ducoudray Holstein served in Napoleon’s army until his capture and imprisonment in Spain. After being released, he left for the Americas and eventually arrived in Cartagena, Colombia, where he joined the army of Simón Bolívar in 1814, describing himself as the “Ex-Chief of Staff of the President Liberator.” Holstein went on to fight in Venezuela but resigned from the army in 1816 after becoming disillusioned by Bolivar’s leadership, which he criticizes in the final chapter of this work. After leaving Bolivar’s army, Holstein settled in Haiti, where he organized a private expedition to liberate Puerto Rico from Spain and establish the independent Republica Boricua. This effort ended with Holstein’s arrest by Dutch authorities in Curaçao where he was found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to death before being pardoned and settling in the United States.
L. V. (Henri La Fayette Villaume) Ducoudray Holstein (1763-1839).
Memoirs of Simon Bolivar. Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1829.
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