Eva's Spell

She was a legend in her own lifetime.Eva Duarte, the small-time actress and radio announcerwho turned Juan Peron from an ambitious soldier into the most charismatic leader Argentina had everknown.Peron was ambitious, and had used the ferment of World War Two to secure massive favour-and finance - with the Nazis. But it was Eva's magic, her flairfor publicity and her instinctforthe will of the people which brought his careerto its pinnacle.Together, Juan and Eva formed the most electric partnership in South America. Insatiably power- hungry and utterly ruthless, for a while the world was theirs, until the wheel of fortune began to turn again ...Ingrid Pitt and Tony Rudlin's sweeping novel of the Perons' rise and fall vividly recreates the drama and tragedy of the nation who fell under Eva s spell.