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Pedro II of Brazil : son of the Habsburg empress / Gloria Kaiser ; translated and with an afterword by Lowell A. Bangerter.
LIBRA PT2671.A387 P4313 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaiser, Gloria, 1950-
- Series:
- Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series
- Standardized Title:
- Pedro II, von Brasilien. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1825-1891--Fiction.
- Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1825-1891.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 405 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In a jungle in southern Brazil, an emperor who would prefer to be a teacher or a librarian watches in horror as a young soldier, who has just been slain, is carried off on the shoulders of a Guarani Indian. This and other events in a brutal war that lasts for five years are among the important formative experiences in the life of a modern "prince of peace" who successfully resolves the problems of transforming a primitive empire into a modern republic, then abdicates his throne rather than face the prospect of a civil war that would pit Brazilian against Brazilian.
- Contents:
- I. Illuminations: aclaracoes, November 16, 1889 5
- II. Initial Images: lembrancas, November 18, 1889 45
- III. Margarida: amizade, November 20, 1889 107
- IV. War: guerra, November 23, 1889 143
- V. Melancholy: saudade, November 28, 1829 211
- VI. Markings: cesuras, December 2, 1889 263
- VII. Clear-Sightedness: iluminacao, December 5, 1899 343.
- Notes:
- Continues: Dona Leopoldina. Graz : Verlag Styria, 1994.
- ISBN:
- 1572410825
- OCLC:
- 41528050
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