Anita Arnand
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1,099 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Jun
Anita Arnand’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But she's completely enamoured with the revolutionary idea, even before she meets him.
And she has been working as a spy.
You know, I told you in the last episode that women were doing a great job of intelligence gathering for the independence movement.
She's not just a spy, but she's also actively recruiting men in Lima to desert the royalist forces and join the revolution.
There's a wonderful biography of Manuela for Glory and Bolivar, it's called, by Pamela Murray.
She describes how, you know, when Manuela first sees him, she is completely starstruck and there is an immediate affair that begins.
Another Yale historian says that, you know, that Manuela was really not shy about telling her husband what was going on.
She says, you know, look, I love him.
I love him, I do.
And that even though their relationship is illicit, she no longer wants Thorne anywhere around her.
And he loves her and he tries to warn her about the dangers to her honour and reputation.
And she writes back to him, no, no, no more, man, no more.
For God's sake, say no more.
Do you think for a moment that after having been the lover of General Bolivar for seven years, I would choose to be the wife of the father, the son or the Holy Ghost or all three?
I love him.
Yeah, I wish you wouldn't call him my hero.
He is the subject of these podcasts.
He'll get quite carried away.
I think it's interesting.
Why would you not want to know about Bolivar with all that's going on in Venezuela?
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