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ABOUT THE WORK

José Vicente Pérez Martínez was the Spanish governor of the province of Isabela since January 1898 and arrived in the Philippines shortly after, at the end of March, at which time he discovered that there was a revolutionary association “enemy of Castilian sovereignty”, in his own words. On April 2 he had a meeting with Governor Primo de Rivera in which he was warned of the dangers that were looming, especially due to the coming war against the Americans, who already had part of their navy stationed in Hong Kong. He marched by boat to Aparri, from where he went up the Cagayan River to Ilagan, capital of Isabela. He hardly had time to perform his duties because he was immediately imprisoned by the revolutionaries and held captive for 15 months. Most of his report deals with his period as a prisioner. 37 pages of report plus 10 pages of appendices. Very rare. of authors includes the most prominent authors in the Philippines at the time. As a book that was intended to be read by soldiers on the battle front or in hospitals, most of the print run was lost and very few copies exist. Worldcat indicates the existence of only two copies.