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Dona Leopoldina
A highly speculative, half-narrative, half-novel, account of Leopoldine's (1797-1826) ten years as consort of the Brazilian Emperor Pedro I. Austrian novelist Kaiser has augmented evidence from what documents are available with historical material revealing the period and folk tales that remain in the Empress' wake. First published in German as Dona Leopoldina; Die Habsburgerin auf Brasiliens Thron by Verlag Styria in 1994. No index or bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Every Inch a King
This is the biography of one of the most colourful and dashing young monarchs who ever lived. His shortcomings—impulsiveness, quick temper, weakness for women—were offset by his truly generous nature. He became a surprising liberal, the only reigning monarch to defy and outwit Metternich, “the evil genius of the reaction,” and he was at one time offered the thrones of Spain and Greece. With a mad grandmother, a mother whose lovers and political intrigues were a court scandal, and a father who had little time to spare for his upbringing, Dom Pedro grew up in a dislocated family who had fled to the Portuguese colony of Brazil just before Napoleon’s armies overran the mother country. ...
Pedro II of Brazil
A novelistic biography of the Hapsburg prince who reigned in Brazil as it evolved into an 18th century republic and then abdicated rather than face a civil war. Translated from the German work Pedro II. von Brasilien. Der Sohn der Habsburgerin. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Dom Pedro the Magnanimous, Second Emperor of Brazil
First published in 1967
Citizen Emperor
In the history of post-colonial Latin America no person has held power so firmly and for so long as did Pedro II as emperor of Brazil. This is the first full-length biography in 60 years, and the first in any language to make close use of Pedro II's diaries and family papers.
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Princess Isabel of Brazil
As the elder daughter of an emperor whose wife had presented him with no sons, Isabel stood to inherit the monarchy of Brazil with the passing of Dom Pedro II. On three separate occasions, Isabel was named regent, or head of state, when her father was required to leave the country for extended periods. On each occasion, she served as the dutiful daughter, following her father's instructions to the letter and resisting any attempts at personal aggrandizement. During her third regency, as her father recuperated in Europe, rather than accumulate personal power and oppose the forces of republicanism and abolition, Isabel personally led the struggle to pass the Gold Law of 1888 abolishing slavery...
Dom Pedro
Looks at the life of Dom Pedro, the first emperor of Brazil.
Dom Pedro I
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American Emperor
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