Jose Rizal: Life, Works and Writings

This volume contains information about the conditions in Rizal's times, the attempt on his life in Dapitan, his prophetic views about the Philippines, and other data.

In particular, it corrects the impression that Rizal had been a "colonial-made hero," and affirms that he was a hero for all seasons and for all people -- Filipinos, Spaniards, and Americans, Germans, Austrians, Malays, Indonesians, etc. 

His famous diary, essays, letters, and also poems are found either in excerpt or in entirety. His famous novels and incomplete works are also discussed within.