Baltasar and Blimunda
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: November 5, 1998
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780156005203
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.