José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, a polymath nationalist, most prominently advocated during the colonial era. Spanish exiled Philippine reformer and writer José Rizal from 1892 to 1896 for his political novels, later arrested him, and executed him for sedition his death helped to fuel an insurrection against rule from 1896 to 1898. This yields some dark and difficult answers that brought about not only his execution, but also the first nationalist revolution in Asia. In this second novel, Jose Rizal continues to wrestle with the need for reforms for the betterment of his countrymen.

In the battle for the soul and independence of the Philippine nation, which will prevail once and for all-peaceful reforms or armed struggle? His nefarious plans bring together several young starry-eyed university students-among them Basilio, whose mother Ibarra helped bury thirteen years before, and Isagani, the poet and passionate debater. He sows the seeds-and the guns-for the armed uprising against the Spanish through his influence on the Governor General and his social clout in Manila's upper echelons. Thirteen years after the events of Noli Me Tangere, the idealistic intellectual Crisostomo Ibarra resurrects as the cruel and fabulously wealthy jeweler, Simoun. An incendiary novel that brings to light the long-drawn-out indignities suffered by ordinary Filipinos at the hands of the Spanish friars and statesmen in 19th century Philippines.

El filibusterismo by josé rizal