"An ambitious attempt to trace the interaction of ideas and power in Hispanic America." -- The Wall Street Journal

"Krauze is marked by a rare and attractive gift for noticing the several ways that, under the bright sun of the imagination, and kingdom of politics and the kingdom of literature sometimes merge." -- Paul Berman, The New York Times Book Review

"Erudite and wise. . . . A magisterial history of the ideas, books and politics that shaped modern Latin America, from 19th-century liberalism to revolutionary commitments and back again towards modern, more democratic versions of liberal thought." -- The Financial Times

"An engaging mixture of biography and historical currents in the style of Isaiah Berlin or Edmund Wilson, thus allowing lay readers to follow what can sometimes be a dizzying succession of revolutions, doctrine and caudillos." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Krauze illuminates Latin American thought and politics in a vibrant and invaluable blend of biography and analysis. . . . Redeemers provides discerning and much-needed insight into our dynamic neighbors." -- Booklist

"Highly readable. . . . An important book." -- The Tuscon Citizen

"Krauze attempts to weave together the disparate threads of all the feuding orthodoxies through mini-biographies of 12 leaders and thinkers. Krauze, perhaps Mexico's most widely respected intellectual, is uniquely suited to the task, and the resulting tapestry is both persuasive and evocative." -- Publishers Weekly

"An engaging survey of the ideas and quasi-religious convictions that have powered modern Latin America's consequential political movements." -- The Daily

"Krauze is, without a doubt, one of the most renowned and important intellectuals in Mexico. . . . He has developed a