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Los Amos del Valle

1979 novel by Francisco Herrera Luque

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ9023875 ↗
Source-derived summary

Los Amos del Valle (Masters of the Valley) is a Venezuelan novel written by psychiatrist Francisco Herrera Luque and published in 1979. The novel describes Venezuelan life since the conquest of Caracas Valley until Simón Bolivar's baptism. The title makes reference to the Mantuano, noble families who had great control of this particular area.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Los Amos del Valle” as 1979 novel by Francisco Herrera Luque. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979. The account is most persuasive where Amos, Valle and novel can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1979 novel by Francisco Herrera Luque. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9023875. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Los Amos del Valle primary sources, Los Amos del Valle archive and Amos research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Los Amos del Valle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.