Llilian Llanes is a former History of Art professor at the University of Havana. She is also the founding director of Cuba’s principal art museum, the Center Wilfredo Lam, and has written two books on Cuban history

I agree one hundred percent with MamboCha's review. This book is another example of communist propaganda finesse.
The Cuba then, wasn't the Cuba I left in 1961, and the Cuba now does not portray the destruction and misery the Castro brothers and their puppety government have inflicted in what used to be the most prosperous, educated, and beautiful country in the Caribbean.
My advise to the reader: Please be very careful when choosing books about Cuba, especially those dealing with the history of that country. Shame, shame, shame.