Baltasar and Blimunda
Contributors: Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)
Edition: New edition
Publisher: The Harvill Press
Published: September 20, 2001
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781860469015
Subjects: Historical fiction; Modern fiction; Fiction
First sentence: DOM JOAO, THE FIFTH monarch so named on the royal list, will pay a visit this night to the bedchamber of the Queen, Dona Maria Ana Josefa, who arrived more than two years ago from Austria to provide heirs for the Portuguese crown, and so far has shown no signs of becoming pregnant.
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