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100 1 Gomes, Laurentino,|d1956-
240 10 1808.|lEnglish
245 10 1808 :|bthe flight of the emperor : how a weak prince, a
mad queen, and the British navy tricked Napoleon and
changed the new world /|cLaurentino Gomes : translated
from the Portuguese by Andrew Nevins.
264 1 Guilford, Connecticut :|bLyons Press, an imprint of Globe
Pequot Press,|c2013.
300 xiv, 321 pages, [16] pages of plates :|billustrations
(some color), maps ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 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.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-309) and
index.
505 0 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.
600 00 Napoleon|bI,|cEmperor of the French,|d1769-1821|xRelations
with Latin Americans.
650 0 Peninsular War, 1807-1814|zPortugal.
650 0 Monarchy|zPortugal|xHistory|y19th century.
651 0 Portugal|xHistory|yMaria I, 1777-1816.
651 0 Portugal|xHistory|yJohn VI, 1816-1826.
651 0 Brazil|xHistory|y1763-1822.
700 1 Nevins, Andrew,|etranslator.
994 02|bWHP