BOOKS
Lionel Martin wrote several books, but only two of them were finished and published. This website includes those two books and also his unfinished and unpublished works.
The Early Fidel: This book offers the facts about Fidel Castro’s initial contact with radical thought and proves he knew how he wanted to lead the Cuban Revolution before it actually started.
El Pueblo Negro de los Estados Unidos, Raices Historicas de su Lucha Actual: Written in Spanish for a Cuban readership and published 10 years after it was finished under Lionel’s pen name, RichardO’Reilly, a name he chose as he was driving to the publishers along O’Reilly Street in Old Havana
El Joven Fidel: A Spanish translation of The Early Fidel made in Spain and published by Grijalbo.
Life with Monsieur Pamplemousse: This tells the story of how Adrienne Hunter met Lionel Martin and became his wife. Lionel’s drawings and Adrienne’s comments reflect the rich complexity of a shared daily life together which will resonate with readers
The Wildest of Dreams: Unpublished, unfinished work on Castro’s political and economic program for Cuba: its achievements and setbacks, successes and failures within the context of Cuba-US bilateral relations
Memoirs: Unpublished, unfinished autobiographic work written with a nostalgic sense of humor
Seven Women and the Cuban Revolution. Written by Adrienne Hunter and Marjorie Moore is a collection of interviews with women that came from privileged backgrounds and different ways of life who for different reasons remained in Cuba after the 1959 revolution.