Название: 1808: The Flight of the EmperorАвтор: Laurentino Gomes
Издательство: Lyons Press
Год: 2013
Формат: pdf, epub
Страниц: 324
Размер: 13,58 Мб
Язык: английский
In a time of terror for Europe’s monarchs-imprisoned, exiled, executed-Napoleon’s army marched toward Lisbon. Cornered, Prince Regent João 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 mentally ill mother, most of the nobility, and the entire state apparatus.