The Braganzas : the rise and fall of the ruling dynasties of Portugal and Brazil, 1640-1910 /

For 270 years, the House of Braganza provided the kings and queens of Portugal. During a period of momentous change, from 1640 to 1910, this influential family helped to establish Portuguese independence from their powerful Spanish neighbours. They ruled the vast empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889,...

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