Conflicts and Conspiracies
Subtitle: Brazil and Portugal, 1750-1808
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 28, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780415949897
First sentence: In late July 1750, amid multifarious relics, lulled by assorted chanting ecclesiastics, Joao V, a moribund Portuguese Roi Soleil at last expired.