Author: Philip Gibbs
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: John Dryden
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: Antonio Ferreira
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: William Morgan Kinsey
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 696

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Author: Eça de Queirós
Publisher: Dedalus European Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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"One night at the theatre, Vitor da Silva, a young law graduate, sees a strikingly beautiful woman: Genoveva de Molineux. She claims to have been born in Madeira and to have lived for many years in Paris. The truth about her past gradually begins to surface, as does the terrible secret that lies behind the overwhelming mutual attraction between her and Vitor"--Back cover.

Author: Angela Delaforce
Publisher: Paul Holberton publishing
ISBN: 9781912168156
Category : Lisbon (Portugal)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The destruction on the morning of All Saints Day 1755 of the heart of the city of Lisbon by an earthquake, tidal wave and the urban fires that followed was a tragedy that divides the 18th century in Portugal. One casualty on that fatal morning was the Royal Library, one of the most magnificent libraries in Europe at the time. The Lost Library of the King of Portugal tells the story of the lost library - its creation, collection and significance. This documented study describes the creation of the library, its cultural significance in 18th-century Portugal, the acquisition of single volumes as well as entire libraries from across Europe and the role in this of Portugal's most talented diplomats. It include the collection of manuscripts from the celebrated library of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and the unpublished correspondence that was exchanged during the negotiations between London and Lisbon. Throughout his reign, the devout Dom Joäao V set out to conjure up his own vision of Rome and the papal court he never saw. Two chapters are devoted to Italy - one to the talented archaeologist Francesco Bianchini at the papal court, including the unpublished correspondence between him and his royal patron Dom Joäao V, as well as the guides to Rome and art and architecture at the ducal courts of northern Italy, both commissioned by the king.

Author: Mircea Eliade
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438429606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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The diary of Mircea Eliade, the seminal thinker on religion, during the period he served as a diplomat in Portugal.

Author: George Young
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Author: Mark Molesky
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030738750X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Winner of the Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book Award A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist The captivating and definitive account of the Great Lisbon Earthquake--the most consequential natural disaster of modern times. On All Saints’ Day 1755, tremors from an earthquake measuring approximately 9.0 or perhaps higher on the magnitude scale swept furiously toward Lisbon, then one of the wealthiest cities in the world and the capital of a vast global empire. Within minutes, much of the city lay in ruins. A half hour later, a giant tsunami unleashed by the quake smashed into Portugal’s coastline and barreled up the Tagus River, carrying countless thousands out to sea. To complete Lisbon’s destruction, a hellacious firestorm then engulfed the city’s shattered remains, killing thousands more and incinerating much of what the earthquake and tsunami had spared. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, the latest scientific research, and a sophisticated grasp of European history, Mark Molesky gives us the gripping, authoritative account of the Great Lisbon Earthquake disaster and its impact on the Western world—including descriptions of the world’s first international relief effort, the rise of a brutal, yet modernizing, dictatorship in Portugal, and the effect of the catastrophe on the spirit and direction of the European Enlightenment.

Author: Andrew Halliday
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Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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