<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 2.8pt 22.6pt 56.6pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 127.5pt 141.7pt 155.85pt 170.0pt 181.35pt 198.4pt 212.55pt 226.7pt 240.9pt 255.05pt 272.1pt 283.4pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">En 1845 Nueva York era la ciudad m&aacute;s importante del continente americano. A esa ciudad llega el cubano Miguel Aldama, amigo de las m&aacute;s poderosas familias norteamericanas de la &eacute;poca, los Vanderbilt, los Astor y los Belmont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Ofreci&oacute; entonces $100 millones para comprar la Isla de Cuba. Pero no quiso esperar la dudosa respuesta e invirti&oacute; generosamente en los proyectos de la Guerra de Independencia. Esta novela es sobre la vida de Aldama y de otros muchos cubanos que en la isla y el exilio dedicaron su vida al ideal de la libertad.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 2.8pt 22.6pt 56.6pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 127.5pt 141.7pt 155.85pt 170.0pt 181.35pt 198.4pt 212.55pt 226.7pt 240.9pt 255.05pt 272.1pt 283.4pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">By 1845 Thomas Jefferson had died leaving behind a sizable debt and Monticello, his home, which had to be rescued from total destruction. New York City had expanded to 115th Street with Central Park in the design board. The rich were north of Washington Square and the City in the hands of unscrupulous politicos. Corruption was everywhere, side by side with opulent stores and elegant clubs for ruthless tycoons. In the midst of all this, Cuban-born Miguel de Aldama seeks refuge in the city from the Spanish metropolis. He fraternizes with the Vanderbilts, the Astors and the Belmonts. His fortune and his credit lead him to offer $100 million to buy the Island of Cuba. Unwilling to wait forever for an answer, he becomes the underwriter of the Ten Year Cuban War of Independence, to which he pledges all of his assets. This is the story of the convergence of a failed attempt of the Cubans to gain independence, the generosity of men offering their lives and fortunes for an ideal and the stubbornness of a failed empire wishing to retain its possessions at any cost.</span></span></span></p>