| 1808: The Flight of the Emperor: How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World Contributor(s): Gomes, Laurentino (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762787961 ISBN-13: 9780762787968 Publisher: Lyons Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: September 2013 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 946.903 |
| LCCN: 2013016667 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" L (1.35 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Portuguese - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/08/2013 Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2013 Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 106 Foreword 08/31/2013 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a time of terror for Europe's monarchs--imprisoned, exiled, executed--Napoleon's army marched toward Lisbon. Cornered, Prince Regent Jo o had to make the most fraught decision of his life. Protected by the British Navy, he fled to Brazil with his entire family, including his deranged mother, most of the nobility, and the entire state apparatus. Until then, no European monarch had ever set foot in the Americas. Thousands made the voyage, but it was no luxury cruise. It took two months in cramped, decrepit ships. Lice infested some of the vessels, and noble women had to shave their hair and grease their bald heads with antiseptic sulfur. Vermin infested the food, and bacteria contaminated the drinking water. Sickness ran rampant. After landing in Brazil, Prince Jo o liberated the colony from a trade monopoly with Portugal. As explorers mapped the burgeoning nation's distant regions, the prince authorized the construction of roads, the founding of schools, and the creation of factories, raising Brazil to kingdom status in 1815. Meanwhile, Portugal was suffering the effects of abandonment, war, and famine. Never had the country lost so many people in so little time. Finally, after Napoleon's fall and over a decade of misery, the Portuguese demanded the return of their king. Jo o sailed back in tears in 1821, and the last chapter of colonial Brazil drew to a close, setting the stage for the strong, independent nation that we know today, changing the New World forever. |
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