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Isabel Orleans-Bragança : the Brazilian princess who freed the slaves / James McMurtry Longo.
LIBRA F2536.I8 L66 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Longo, James McMurtry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Isabel, Princess of Brazil, 1846-1921.
- Isabel.
- Princesses.
- Kings and rulers.
- Brazil--History--Empire, 1822-1889.
- Brazil.
- History.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Brazil.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
- Brazil--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Princesses--Brazil--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2008]
- Summary:
- "This is a biography of Isabel Orleans-Bragança daughter of the last emperor of Brazil. Her story is told against the historic background of the role Isabel's own ancestors, especially royal women, played in the rise and fall of slavery. This is the story of one of the most famous, controversial, yet little known heroines in history"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface: Introduction to a Princess 1
- 1 Exiles Under the Southern Cross 7
- 2 "Swords from the Hands of a Woman" 10
- 3 "It Is Impossible to Rule Innocently" 20
- 4 "Schemes and Plans" 27
- 5 "Restless Intrigues" 32
- 6 "We Unfortunate Princesses" 37
- 7 "My Soul Has Never Been Enslaved" 43
- 8 "Fire from Two Sides" 47
- 9 "The Apple Is Ripe" 51
- 10 "Cancer" 55
- 11 "First Empress of the New World" 60
- 12 "My Beloved Son and Emperor" 65
- 13 "Orphans of the State" 70
- 14 "Fairy Princess" 75
- 15 "A Brazilian with All My Heart" 80
- 16 "Heir to the Throne of Brazil" 84
- 17 "To Direct the Constitutional Government of an Empire" 89
- 18 "A Living Symbol" 94
- 19 "On the Surface of a Volcano" 99
- 20 "No Place for Women" 106
- 21 "Side by Side" 111
- 22 "God and Our Hearts" 115
- 23 "A Winter Is Before Us" 120
- 24 "A Wife Should Not Wish to Act Independently" 126
- 25 "The Far Reaches of Barbarism" 130
- 26 "A Blind Alley with No Way Out" 136
- 27 "Isabel's Lament" 141
- 28 "The Never Ending War" 146
- 29 "Flowers, Not Blood" 151
- 30 "The Loss of All Our Hopes" 157
- 31 "Just a Dream" 163
- 32 "Great and Good Friend" 170
- 33 "The Best Virtues of Having Power" 175
- 34 "The Politics of Horror" 180
- 35 "A Cordial Democracy" 184
- 36 "The Place Which Is Rightfully Hers" 191
- 37 "Walking Toward an Abyss" 197
- 38 "The Unfathomable Designs of Providence" 204
- 39 "The Hour of Reason" 212
- 40 "Turning Point" 222
- 41 "Fight for the Princess" 231
- 42 "Conspiracy" 241
- 43 Exiles Under the Southern Cross 247
- Appendix A Monarchs of Portugal, 1321-1853 255
- Appendix B The Monarchy in Brazil, 1808-1889 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786432011
- 0786432012
- OCLC:
- 180907346
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