Kings Will Be Tyrants

Kings Will Be Tyrants

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image_caption = Cover of 1959 McGraw-Hill
first edition hardback
author = Ward Hawkins
illustrator = William Hofmann
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = War novel
publisher = Random House
release_date = 1959
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
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isbn = NA
oclc = 1377902
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"Kings Will Be Tyrants" by Ward Hawkins is a 1959 novel about fighting in Cuba. Bernardo Manuel Patrick O'Brien is a former U.S. Marine who winds up fighting for Castro. Though a Marine, he has to deal with the conflict of his heritage, both Cuban and American.

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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZUiSHQAACAAJ&dq=Kings+will+be+Tyrants Google Book Search page has a Kirkus Reviews blurb about the book.]


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