1808 : the flight of the emperor : how a weak prince, a mad queen, and the British navy tricked Napoleon and changed the new world
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Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
Guilford, Connecticut :
[2013]
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- ISBN: 9780762787968 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xiv, 320 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits ; 24 cmprint
- Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
- General Note: Originally published in Portuguese under the title: 1808 : como uma rainha louca, um príncipe medroso e uma corte corrupta enganaram Napoleão e mudaram a história de Portugal e do Brasil. São Paulo : Editora Planeta do Brasil, 2007.Translation of: 1808.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Part I. The flight of the emperor -- Flight from Lisbon -- The era of deranged monarchs -- The plan -- The declining empire -- Departure -- The royal archivist -- The voyage -- Salvador -- The colony -- Tree Frog, the reporter -- A letter -- Part II. The rise of Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Dom Joao -- Carlota Joaquina -- Hands in the coffers -- A new court -- Empress of the seas -- Transformation -- The chief of police -- Slavery -- The travelers -- Napoleon's downfall -- The Republic of Pernambuco -- Tropical Versailles -- Part III. The return of the monarch -- Portugal abandoned -- The return -- A new Brazil -- The conversion of Dos Santos Marrocos -- The secret.