Author: Samuel Putnam

This is the biography of one of the most colourful and dashing young monarchs who ever lived. His shortcomings-impulsiveness, quick temper, weakness for women-were offset by his truly generous nature …

After all, the “Moscarda” he believed himself to be was different when he was alone, or with his wife, his tenant, or his friends. And there were hundreds—no, thousands—of additional Moscardas in the …

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Euclides da Cunha’s classic account of the brutal campaigns against religious mystic Antonio Conselheiro has been called the Bible of Brazilian nationality."Euclides da Cunha went on the campaig …