Title: D. Amélia
Description: Historical novel about the life of Amélie of Orléans and Braganza, last Queen consort of Portugal: the happy one about her childhood, her marriage with Carlos (future King of Portugal), her children, her social projects; the unhappy one about her husband's extramarital affairs, the republican antagonism and press criticism, the assassination of her husband and eldest son, the 1910 Republican Revolution, her exile and the death of her youngest son.
Subjects: Historical novel, Portugal, king, queen, assassination, regicide, revolution, exile, love, marriage, prince, princess, House of Orléans, House of Braganza, Fiction
Places: Paris, Lisbon, Sintra, Vila Viçosa, Ericeira, Mafra, Twickenham, Chesnay, London
People: Queen Amélie of Orléans, King Manuel II of Portugal, King Carlos I of Portugal, Prince Luís Filipe Duke of Braganza, King Luís I of Portugal, Queen Maria Pia of Savoy
Time periods: 1865-1951, 19th century, 20th century, 1908, 1910