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The Double Life of Fidel Castro: My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Lider Maximo

by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez, Axel Gylden · 2014

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A revelatory memoir of the 17 years Juan Sanchez spent as one of Fidel Castro's personal soldiers, in his innermost circle

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisCubaCubaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 288 pages

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