El Batallón de San Patricio / St. Patrick's Battalion

"宁amos cuarenta y ocho hombres sin patria y sin uniforme; esper墎amos encontrar ambas cosas m嫳 all?de las l璯eas mexicanas."

宄ta es la historia real de John Riley y de sus hombres irlandeses que, en 1846, peleaban en las filas de los Estados Unidos durante la guerra fronteriza con M憖ico. Ellos, que hab燰n escapado del hambre y de la opresi鏮 en su Irlanda natal, no pudieron permanecer sumisos ante la carnicer燰 que su ej廨cito comet燰 para expulsar a los mexicanos de sus tierras. 宄ta es la leyenda de unos desertores que se cambiaron de bando para combatir la injusticia y formaron el Batall鏮 de San Patricio, una unidad de artiller燰 del ej廨cito de la Replica mexicana.

宄ta es la recreaci鏮 de la infamia cometida contra Riley y los suyos, juzgados por alta traici鏮, condenados y marcados a fuego en la mejilla con una D, de desertores, y tambi幯 es una apasionante novela de perdedores, con toda la 廧ica y el rigor hist鏎ico de Pino Cacucci.

ENGLISH DESCRPTION

"We were 48 men without uniform or country; we were hoping to find both things beyond the Mexican lines."

This is the true story of John Riley and his Irish men who, in 1846, fought alongside US soldiers during the border war with Mexico.

These men, who had escaped hunger and oppression in their native Ireland, could not remain passive in the face of the carnage that their army committed to expel the Mexicans from their land.

This is the story of defectors who changed sides to combat injustice and formed St. Patrick's Battalion, an artillery unit in the Mexican Republic's army; the recreation of the disgrace committed against Riley and his men, tried for high treason, convicted and branded on the cheek with a D for deserter. It is also a thrilling novel of losers, with all of Pino Cacucci's epic and historical rigor.