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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A fierce, visionary account of Portugal under Napoleon's shadow, now available in English.In King Junot, Portuguese modernist writer Raul Brandão turns the French invasion of Portugal into something far greater than a military episode. This is not a conventional history of generals, treatie…s, and campaigns; it is a dramatic meditation on fear, decadence, revolt, faith, empire, and the suffering of ordinary people caught in the machinery of power.At the center of the book stands Jean-Andoche Junot, Napoleon's general, who entered Lisbon in 1807 and briefly ruled Portugal in the name of imperial France. Around him Brandão gathers a vast and unforgettable cast: Napoleon, the Portuguese royal court fleeing to Brazil, frightened ministers, compromised nobles, friars, soldiers, peasants, satirists, conspirators, and the restless crowds of Lisbon and the provinces.Written in Brandão's intense, poetic, and often prophetic prose, King Junot blends historical documentation with literary force. It evokes the collapse of an old world and the birth of a new one through invasion, humiliation, popular resistance, and political awakening. The result is a powerful work of historical literature: part chronicle, part essay, part national tragedy.This complete English translation brings to modern readers one of Raul Brandão's most striking works - a book essential for anyone interested in the Napoleonic Wars, the Peninsular War, Portuguese history, literary history, and the drama of Europe in revolution.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A moonlit river. A woman in white, playing the harp from a drifting boat. A hidden cave, a whispered legend, and a queen who seems to belong to no ordinary world.In The Queen of the Unknown, Emilia Freitas blends Gothic mystery, romantic obsession, social critique, and visionary fantasy into… a singular novel of secret identities and hidden power. When the young lawyer Edmundo becomes fascinated by the enigmatic woman known as "the Ill-Fated One," his curiosity draws him into a labyrinth of illusions, coded messages, disguises, and revelations. Beneath the novel's haunting atmosphere lies something even more daring: a female-led utopian order devoted to justice, mercy, and resistance against cruelty.By turns lyrical, uncanny, political, and philosophical, this pioneering Brazilian classic offers readers a rare literary experience-part mystery, part feminist fantasy, part spiritual allegory. This edition presents the complete English translation, inviting modern readers to rediscover one of the most original works of nineteenth-century Brazilian literature. The novel was published in 1899 and is widely regarded as a pioneering Brazilian fantasy/speculative work centered on a women-led utopian society. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Mystery of Christmas is Henrique Coelho Netto's poetic and devotional reimagining of the birth of Christ, written with the rich cadence, symbolic intensity, and dramatic elegance that made him one of the most celebrated Brazilian prose writers of the early twentieth century.Rather than p…resenting the Nativity merely as a familiar religious episode, Coelho Netto transforms it into a vivid spiritual drama: the journey, the expectation, the poverty of the manger, the awe of creation, the adoration of humble shepherds, and the arrival of the Magi all unfold in language of great beauty and solemnity.This edition offers an integral English translation of the original Portuguese work, preserving its biblical atmosphere, lyrical rhythm, and sacred tone while making it accessible to contemporary readers. Ideal for lovers of classic Christian literature, Brazilian literary heritage, public-domain classics, and Christmas devotional reading, The Mystery of Christmas invites the reader to encounter the Nativity not only as history, but as wonder.A moving literary meditation on faith, humility, prophecy, and divine light. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A haunting literary reimagining of Judas Iscariot, rendered in a lyrical and dramatic prose that gives voice to one of the most enigmatic figures in biblical history.First published in Lisbon in 1901, Judas: A Lyrical Romance in Four Journeys is Augusto de Lacerda's bold meditation on betray…al, conscience, desire, faith, and destiny. Rather than presenting Judas merely as a symbol of treachery, Lacerda explores him as a tormented human being caught between spiritual longing, political expectation, personal passion, and the terrible weight of history.Structured in four "journeys," the novel unfolds with the cadence of a sacred drama. Its language is poetic, intense, and theatrical, moving through the atmosphere of ancient Jerusalem while examining the moral abyss that separates devotion from disillusionment. Readers interested in biblical fiction, literary classics, theological imagination, and psychological portraits of misunderstood figures will find in this work a rare and powerful rediscovery from Portuguese literature.This English edition brings a classic to new readers, preserving the solemn beauty and emotional force of Lacerda's original vision. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A haunting Renaissance classic of love, exile, memory, and longing-now available in English.Saudades: The Story of a Maiden and a Young Woman is one of the great early works of Portuguese prose fiction and a landmark of Iberian pastoral literature. Written by Bernardim Ribeiro in the sixteen…th century, this deeply lyrical romance opens with one of the most memorable voices in Portuguese letters: a young woman, taken far from home, looking back upon a life transformed by love, loss, and remembrance.Blending pastoral beauty, courtly emotion, philosophical melancholy, and the uniquely Portuguese feeling of saudade, Ribeiro creates a world where memory is more powerful than presence, love is inseparable from suffering, and every story seems to echo another hidden grief. The novel moves through confessions, encounters, and tales of devotion, revealing a delicate emotional landscape in which the inner life becomes the true setting of the narrative.This English translation preserves the solemn cadence, poetic density, and antique tenderness of the original while making the work accessible to modern readers. For lovers of Renaissance literature, early European fiction, Portuguese classics, and meditative stories of longing, Saudades offers a rare encounter with one of the foundational voices of Portugal's literary imagination.A timeless book for readers drawn to love, memory, solitude, and the beauty of sorrow. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A haunting collection of Portuguese symbolist tales, now presented in English for modern readers.In Restless Evening: Stories, Antonio Patricio invites the reader into a world of feverish beauty, spiritual unrest, psychological tension, and luminous decay. First published in 1920 as Serao In…quieto, this collection gathers six remarkable prose works: "Dialogue with an Eagle," "The Precocious Child," "The Man of the Fountains," "Suze," "Veiga," and "Words."Patricio's fiction moves between dream and confession, satire and tragedy, tenderness and cruelty. His characters are often caught at the edge of revelation: a child too sensitive for the world, a man haunted by water and memory, a fading romantic soul, a woman rendered through fragments of desire and illusion, and voices struggling to give shape to the unsayable.Elegant, intense, and atmospheric, these stories belong to the fin-de-siecle tradition of European symbolism while remaining distinctly Portuguese in their melancholy, irony, and lyrical force. This edition offers a complete English translation, accompanied by editorial notes that preserve the historical and literary texture of the original.For readers of decadent literature, symbolist prose, psychological fiction, and overlooked European classics, Restless Evening is an extraordinary rediscovery. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A landmark memoir of political awakening, intellectual formation, and moral conviction from one of Brazil's greatest abolitionist statesmen.In The Making of a Statesman: My Formation, Joaquim Nabuco reflects on the people, books, cities, institutions, and historical events that shaped his mi…nd and public life. Moving from his youth in Brazil to his encounters with Europe, England, France, the United States, diplomacy, literature, religion, and parliamentary politics, Nabuco offers far more than a personal memoir: he presents a rare portrait of a nineteenth-century conscience formed at the crossroads of empire, liberalism, monarchy, and abolition.At the heart of the book lies Nabuco's lifelong struggle against slavery and his belief that political life must be guided by moral responsibility. His memories of Massangana, his reflections on the English constitutional spirit, his observations of American democracy, and his account of the abolitionist movement reveal the inner development of a man who became one of the principal voices of Brazil's campaign against slavery.Elegant, introspective, and historically rich, this edition brings an essential Brazilian classic to English-language readers, offering a powerful window into the final decades of the Brazilian Empire and the formation of one of Latin America's most important public intellectuals.Ideal for readers interested in Brazilian history, abolitionism, political memoirs, nineteenth-century liberal thought, constitutional monarchy, diplomacy, and the intellectual history of the Americas. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Unfortunate: Stories from Life is an English translation of Infelizes: Historias Vividas, a remarkable collection by Portuguese writer and feminist pioneer Ana de Castro Osorio. Through a series of intimate and deeply human stories, Osorio gives literary voice to those often pushed to th…e margins of society: poor women, abandoned children, servants, the elderly, rural workers, widows, nuns, mothers, and solitary figures marked by poverty, illness, injustice, and loss.Written with moral clarity and emotional restraint, these stories reveal a world shaped by rigid social expectations, gender inequality, class hardship, religious custom, and rural dispossession. Yet Osorio's characters are never reduced to mere victims. They endure, remember, suffer, resist, and preserve their dignity even when society refuses to see them fully.This edition includes a translator's preface, editorial notes, chapter-by-chapter translation notes, and an afterword, offering historical and cultural context for modern readers. Carefully translated and prepared for contemporary English-language audiences, The Unfortunate: Stories from Life is an essential work for readers interested in Portuguese literature, women writers, feminist literary history, social realism, and forgotten public-domain classics. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Amazon Book Description - The Farce by Raul BrandaoIn The Farce, Raul Brandao transforms a provincial Portuguese town into a stage of grief, hypocrisy, poverty, religious fear, social cruelty, and spiritual anguish. Around a deathbed, a coffin shop, old women wrapped in ritual piety, and rui…ned lives consumed by resentment, Brandao builds one of the most haunting psychological landscapes in Portuguese literature.At the center of the novel stands Candidinha, a woman shaped by humiliation, hunger, envy, and a lifelong thirst for revenge. Around her move Sofia, Anacleto, Joana, Antoninho, and a gallery of grotesque yet profoundly human figures, each trapped between misery and illusion. Brandao's prose is intense, atmospheric, and visionary: fog, granite, rain, death, silence, and despair become living presences.First published in the early twentieth century, The Farce is not merely a social novel. It is a dark meditation on the masks people wear, the violence hidden beneath respectability, and the tragic comedy of human existence. This English translation brings to modern readers a powerful work of Portuguese literary modernism, preserving the author's dense imagery, moral intensity, and unforgettable voice.For readers of Dostoevsky, Eca de Queiros, Camilo Castelo Branco, Jose Saramago, and European psychological fiction, The Farce offers a disturbing, poetic, and deeply original encounter with the human soul. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A haunting nineteenth-century Portuguese novel of love, injustice, race, pride, and moral endurance.First published in 1864, The Black Doctor's Daughter is one of Camilo Castelo Branco's powerful romantic novels, combining social criticism with emotional intensity and a deeply human portrait… of suffering. At its center is Albertina, the daughter of a learned Black Brazilian jurist living in Portugal, whose destiny becomes entangled with forbidden love, paternal authority, social prejudice, and the harsh judgments of respectable society.Through Albertina's story, Camilo explores the conflict between love and obedience, mercy and pride, freedom and reputation. Written with the author's characteristic irony, moral force, and dramatic sensitivity, the novel moves between intimate confession, social commentary, religious reflection, and passionate narrative.This English edition brings a classic of Portuguese literature to new readers, preserving the emotional richness, rhetorical elegance, and historical atmosphere of the original work. For readers of European classics, romantic fiction, social novels, and nineteenth-century literature, The Black Doctor's Daughter offers a compelling portrait of a world where private virtue struggles against public cruelty. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forgotten Portuguese historical novel of love, war, exile, and memory - now translated into English.In the streets of Porto, an old beggar known only as Misfortune wanders with a guitar beneath his arm, a faithful dog at his side, a silver medal from the Peninsular War on his breast, and a… mysterious gold ring on his finger. To the crowd, he is a curiosity - a relic of poverty, madness, and defeat. But behind the ring lies a life marked by love, vengeance, loss, and the violence of Napoleon's invasions of Portugal.Originally published in the nineteenth century, The Mysterious Ring: Scenes from the Peninsular War is Alberto Pimentel's dramatic romance of private tragedy set against one of the most turbulent periods in Portuguese history. From the French occupation of Porto to the battlefields of Europe, from family estates and military hospitals to exile, mourning, and redemption, the novel blends historical fiction, romantic melodrama, and urban legend into a moving portrait of a man broken by war and preserved by memory.This English edition includes a translator's preface, chapter notes, and an afterword, offering historical and cultural context for modern readers while preserving the emotional force and literary atmosphere of the original Portuguese text.For readers of classic historical fiction, nineteenth-century European literature, Napoleonic-era novels, and rediscovered works from the Portuguese literary tradition, The Mysterious Ring offers a haunting story of love, sacrifice, and the mysteries that survive long after history has moved on. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A luminous rediscovery of Portuguese literature, now presented in English.Nights in Cintra is a charming literary journey into one of Portugal's most romantic landscapes: the moonlit hills, gardens, palaces, roads, and legends of Cintra. Written with wit, nostalgia, and delicate irony, Alber…to Pimentel's novel follows a group of friends who leave Lisbon in search of beauty, pleasure, conversation, and escape. What begins as an excursion soon becomes a tapestry of memory, sentiment, humor, and poetic observation.In this elegant work, Cintra is more than a setting. It is a living presence: mysterious, theatrical, seductive, and deeply tied to Portugal's cultural imagination. Pimentel captures the atmosphere of a vanished world, where friendship, courtship, literary allusion, and social comedy meet under the shadow of old estates and ancient hills.This complete English translation preserves the spirit of the original Portuguese text while making the work accessible to contemporary readers. Ideal for lovers of classic European fiction, Portuguese literature, literary travel writing, and atmospheric nineteenth-century storytelling, Nights in Cintra offers a rare opportunity to encounter a forgotten voice from Portugal's literary past. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A powerful tale of love, inheritance, downfall, and moral reckoning from one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century novelists.In The Archdeacon's Granddaughter, Camilo Castelo Branco weaves a dramatic story marked by family secrets, social ambition, spiritual anguish, and the tragic conse…quences of desire ungoverned by conscience. Set against the moral and religious atmosphere of nineteenth-century Portugal, the novel follows a world in which virtue and corruption, tenderness and cruelty, faith and scandal are constantly at war.With his unmistakable blend of irony, emotional intensity, and moral insight, Camilo explores the fate of characters trapped by pride, poverty, passion, and inherited guilt. The result is a novel at once intimate and sweeping: a portrait of human weakness, social hypocrisy, and the fragile possibility of redemption.This English edition presents the complete novel in a carefully prepared translation, preserving the dramatic force, rhetorical elegance, and historical texture of the original Portuguese text. Ideal for readers of classic European literature, Gothic-tinged romance, religious drama, and nineteenth-century fiction. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Book of Consolation, Camilo Castelo Branco crafts a deeply emotional novel of love, loss, moral conflict, and inner suffering. Centered on figures such as Venceslau Taveira and Eduardo Pimenta, the story unfolds through intense personal drama, psychological tension, and the author's unmis…takable gift for transforming private anguish into compelling fiction. The result is a richly layered classic that will appeal to readers of literary romance, tragic character studies, and nineteenth-century European fiction.This new English edition brings one of Camilo's lesser-known works to modern readers while preserving the emotional force, reflective depth, and literary elegance that made him one of the great voices of Portuguese fiction. Darkly human and full of feeling, Book of Consolation is both a romance and a meditation on sorrow, pride, memory, and the search for solace when life refuses easy peace. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forbidden love. A holy man's fall. A woman whose passion reaches beyond the grave.Set in the decadent Paris of Louis XV, Alzira's Shroud is one of Aluisio de Azevedo's most haunting and atmospheric novels: a dark tale of desire, religious ecstasy, temptation, and psychological collapse.Ang…elo, a young priest raised in near-total seclusion, has been carefully preserved from the corruptions of the world. To his spiritual guardian, he is meant to become a living proof of purity - a soul untouched by vice, ambition, or sensual passion. But when Angelo appears before the glittering and corrupt court of Paris, his beauty and innocence awaken dangerous fascination. Among those captivated is Alzira, a celebrated courtesan known for her coldness, her wit, and her fatal power over men.For the first time in her life, Alzira loves. For the first time in his life, Angelo desires.What follows is a feverish drama of conscience and obsession, where sacred vows collide with forbidden longing, and where death itself may not be enough to extinguish passion. Blending Gothic romance, historical fiction, religious symbolism, and psychological intensity, Alzira's Shroud reveals a lesser-known but unforgettable side of one of Brazil's greatest nineteenth-century novelists.This edition presents the novel in a carefully prepared English translation, with translator's notes, a preface, and an afterword for modern readers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In The Intruder, Julia Lopes de Almeida transforms a household into a battlefield of memory, class, jealousy, and desire. After the death of his wife, the widower Argemiro tries to preserve his grief as a sacred relic, but the arrival of Alice Galba, a quiet and capable governess, unsettles…the fragile order of his home. Between a possessive grandmother, a strong-willed daughter, ambitious social climbers, and the constant pressure of appearances, every room becomes charged with suspicion and meaning. Elegant, psychologically sharp, and rich in social observation, this Brazilian classic is both a domestic drama and a subtle novel of moral conflict, in which love must pass through pride, mourning, and judgment before it can be recognized. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forgotten Portuguese historical novel of intrigue, faith, betrayal, and revenge-now available in English.Set in sixteenth-century Portugal during the reign of King John III, The New Christian brings readers into a world of royal jealousy, religious suspicion, courtly ambition, and hidden v…iolence. At the center of the story stands the mysterious Badage, a powerful and defiant figure whose fate becomes entangled with kings, priests, nobles, inquisitors, and the machinery of the Portuguese court.Diogo de Macedo's novel blends political drama, historical fiction, and moral conflict, portraying a society where loyalty is fragile, forgiveness is rare, and private vengeance can move behind the mask of public virtue. From royal banquets and hunting grounds to secret prisons and the shadow of the Holy Office, the narrative unfolds with the intensity of a nineteenth-century historical romance and the atmosphere of a dark Iberian tragedy.This English edition preserves the elevated tone of the original while making the novel accessible to modern readers. It includes translator's notes, a preface, and an afterword to guide readers through the historical, religious, and literary context of the work.Perfect for readers of classic historical fiction, Portuguese literature, religious drama, and forgotten nineteenth-century novels. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forgotten Gothic romance of jealousy, betrayal, and moral ruin from one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century novelists.In The Skeleton, Camilo Castelo Branco turns domestic drama into psychological tragedy. Nicolao de Mesquita, a man divided between pride, desire, and social appearanc…es, finds himself trapped in a marriage haunted by suspicion and emotional decay. Around him move Beatriz, Raphael, Margarida Froment, Ricardo de Almeida, and Martinho Xavier - characters bound together by passion, resentment, family honor, and the consequences of choices made in secrecy.With his unmistakable blend of irony, melodrama, social satire, and moral intensity, Camilo exposes the fragility of reputation and the hidden violence beneath polite society. What begins as a tale of love and wounded vanity gradually becomes a dark meditation on betrayal, guilt, punishment, and the terrible persistence of memory.This English edition presents O Esqueleto in a carefully revised literary translation, preserving the sharpness of Camilo's prose while making the novel accessible to modern readers. Complete with translator's notes, a preface, and an afterword, this edition brings renewed attention to a powerful and neglected work of Portuguese Romantic fiction.Ideal for readers of nineteenth-century literature, Gothic romance, psychological drama, and European classics. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Eternal Yearning, Julia Lopes de Almeida gathers thirty stories of desire, guilt, tenderness, cruelty, memory, and social constraint into a haunting portrait of the human heart. First published in 1903, this collection moves with remarkable freedom between psychological realism, tragedy,…irony, and the uncanny, revealing a writer of rare emotional precision and narrative control.Again and again, Lopes de Almeida turns toward lives under pressure: women burdened by secrecy, motherhood, poverty, violence, longing, and the strict moral codes of their world. Yet these stories are never merely bleak. They are vivid, elegant, and often startling, driven by sharp reversals, unforgettable images, and an unsparing understanding of love, shame, devotion, and survival.Whether she is writing of domestic anguish, spiritual obsession, social hypocrisy, or the strange borderland between the ordinary and the grotesque, Lopes de Almeida brings intensity and compassion to every page. Eternal Yearning is both a major work of Brazilian literature and a powerful rediscovery: a collection that feels at once historical and startlingly modern.Perfect for readers of literary fiction, feminist classics, Gothic undertones, and short stories with emotional depth, this volume introduces English-language readers to one of Brazil's most important and too-long-neglected writers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A rare nineteenth-century psychiatric classic, now presented in English for modern readers.In Paranoia, Portuguese physician and psychiatrist Julio de Matos offers a rigorous historical and critical examination of one of the most debated concepts in nineteenth-century psychiatry. Moving acro…ss French, German, Italian, English, American, and Russian medical literature, Matos studies the evolution of paranoia as a diagnostic category, tracing its relationship to chronic delusion, hallucination, obsession, degeneration, reasoning, and the broader classification of mental illness.Originally published in an era when psychiatry was still defining its scientific vocabulary, this work captures a crucial moment in the history of mental medicine. Matos engages with major figures such as Morel, Magnan, Kraepelin, Lasegue, Falret, Tanzi, Riva, and others, comparing competing theories and terminology while developing his own critical position.This English edition is designed for readers interested in the history of psychiatry, psychology, medical humanities, nineteenth-century science, and the intellectual history of mental illness. It preserves the technical and historical character of the original while making the text accessible to contemporary English-language readers.A valuable source for scholars, students, clinicians, historians, and readers of classic medical literature, Paranoia offers a window into the foundations of modern psychiatric thought. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A rediscovered Portuguese romantic novel, now presented in a refined English translation.Set amid the tranquil landscapes, riverbanks, gardens, and religious retreats of nineteenth-century Portugal, Idylls by the Water follows the emotional awakening of Eduardo Valladares, a young poet whose… sensitive imagination transforms love, nature, faith, and memory into a single lyrical experience.Alberto Pimentel's novel blends romance, pastoral beauty, moral reflection, and psychological delicacy. Beneath its serene title lies a story of youthful idealism, hidden sorrow, spiritual longing, and the fragile boundary between dream and reality. With its graceful descriptions, old-world atmosphere, and distinctly Portuguese sensibility, the book offers modern readers a window into a literary world shaped by Romanticism, Catholic devotion, family honor, and the melancholy charm of bygone Portugal.This edition preserves the structure and tone of the original work while presenting it in clear, elegant English for contemporary readers. It is especially suited for lovers of classic European literature, Portuguese fiction, historical romance, and forgotten nineteenth-century novels awaiting rediscovery This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When a young man from rural Minas Gerais arrives in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of the newly proclaimed Brazilian Republic, he expects civilization, refinement, and wonder. What he finds is far more dazzling-and far more dangerous.During eight intense days in the Federal Capital, the naive v…isitor is drawn into a world of elegant cafes, theaters, gambling rooms, salons, political vanity, seductive appearances, and moral confusion. Through his astonished eyes, Rio de Janeiro becomes both a spectacle and a warning: a city of brilliance, appetite, ambition, and disillusion.Originally published in the late nineteenth century, The Federal Capital: Impressions of a Sertanejo is one of Coelho Netto's sharpest portraits of urban Brazil at the dawn of the Republic. Blending satire, social observation, lyrical prose, and cultural contrast, the novel captures the clash between provincial innocence and metropolitan sophistication with humor, irony, and unexpected tenderness.This edition presents the complete English translation of A capital federal (impressoes de um sertanejo), accompanied by a translator's preface, explanatory notes, and editorial material for modern readers.Perfect for readers of Brazilian literature, nineteenth-century fiction, social satire, urban novels, and rediscovered classics of world literature. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A rediscovered work by one of Portugal's great nineteenth-century novelists, now presented in a complete English translation.Years of Prose, Gratitude, and Repentance brings together three richly dramatic narratives by Camilo Castelo Branco, a master of Portuguese Romantic fiction. In these…pages, passion, honor, remorse, loyalty, social ambition, and moral contradiction unfold with the intensity that made Camilo one of the defining voices of nineteenth-century Portuguese literature.Written with irony, emotional force, and psychological sharpness, these stories move through family secrets, wounded pride, spiritual struggle, impossible love, and the difficult search for redemption. Camilo's prose combines sentimental drama with biting social observation, revealing a world where private feeling collides with public reputation and where every act of love or ingratitude leaves a lasting moral trace.This edition offers English-language readers access to a lesser-known work by the author of Doomed Love, preserving the literary tone, historical atmosphere, and moral complexity of the original Portuguese text.Ideal for readers of classic European literature, Portuguese fiction, Romanticism, historical drama, and forgotten works of the nineteenth century. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forgotten Portuguese historical romance of exploration, loyalty, and impossible love-now available in English.Before Vasco da Gama reached India by sea, Portugal had already sent secret envoys into the unknown. Among them was Pero da Covilha traveler, diplomat, spy, and one of the most rem…arkable figures of the Age of Discovery.In Pero da Covilha A Romantic Episode of the Fifteenth Century, Zephyrino Brandao blends history and fiction to recreate the world of late medieval Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean, Arabia, India, and Abyssinia. Sent by King Joao II on a perilous mission to discover the routes of the spice trade and gather news of the legendary Christian kingdom of Prester John, Pero da Covilha leaves behind the woman he loves and enters a world of courts, conspiracies, merchants, deserts, pilgrimages, and distant empires.This richly atmospheric novel follows not only the outward journey of a man across continents, but also the inward drama of fidelity, sacrifice, and longing. Combining romantic sensibility with historical imagination, Brandao gives literary form to one of Portugal's most fascinating explorers: a man who helped prepare the way for the maritime discoveries, yet whose own destiny unfolded far from home.This edition presents the complete English translation of the original Portuguese work, preserving its nineteenth-century elegance while making the narrative accessible to modern readers.Perfect for readers of historical fiction, Portuguese literature, exploration narratives, and the dramatic beginnings of the Age of Discovery. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forgotten queen. A disputed throne. A kingdom divided by ambition, bloodline, and war.Queen Without a Kingdom brings to English-language readers Alberto Pimentel's dramatic historical study of fifteenth-century Iberia: a world of royal marriages, dynastic suspicion, court intrigue, militar…y disaster, and political betrayal.At the heart of the book stands the tragic figure of Joanna, the princess whose claim to the throne of Castile became the center of one of the most consequential succession struggles in Iberian history. Born into a court poisoned by rumor and factional ambition, she was proclaimed heir, rejected by powerful nobles, and ultimately caught between Portugal and Castile, between legitimacy and accusation, between crown and convent.With the narrative force of nineteenth-century historical prose, Pimentel reconstructs the political drama surrounding King Henry IV of Castile, Queen Joanna of Portugal, Afonso V of Portugal, Isabella of Castile, and the contested succession that helped reshape the future of Spain and Portugal. This edition preserves the seriousness of the original work while presenting it in clear, polished English for modern readers.Ideal for readers of medieval history, royal biographies, Iberian politics, and historical tragedy, Queen Without a Kingdom is both a portrait of a woman denied power and a study of how dynastic conflict can alter the fate of nations. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A forgotten theatrical gem from one of Portugal's greatest nineteenth-century writers, now brought to English readers in a carefully edited translation.Macario's Assassin is a sharp, lively, and ironic three-act comedy by Camilo Castelo Branco, one of the most influential figures of Portugue…se literature. In this compact yet spirited stage work, Camilo blends mistaken intentions, social satire, domestic intrigue, and comic exaggeration with the verbal agility that made him famous.The play unfolds around suspicions, misunderstandings, and the dramatic weight of appearances. Beneath its humorous surface, it reveals the anxieties of honor, reputation, marriage, class expectation, and public judgment in nineteenth-century Portuguese society. Camilo's wit turns everyday tensions into theatrical absurdity, allowing the reader to see how easily pride and fear can transform ordinary life into farce.This edition includes a translator's preface, editorial notes, translator's notes after each act, and a concluding afterword designed to help modern readers appreciate the historical, linguistic, and cultural context of the work.Ideal for readers of classic European drama, Portuguese literature, nineteenth-century satire, and rediscovered public-domain works, Macario's Assassin offers a rare opportunity to encounter Camilo Castelo Branco beyond his better-known novels. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the sweltering streets of nineteenth-century Sao Luis do Maranhao, a brilliant young doctor returns home expecting to settle his affairs and begin a promising future. Instead, Raimundo finds himself trapped in a society built on cruelty, racial prejudice, and polished hypocrisy. As he fal…ls in love with Ana Rosa, the woman he hopes to marry, the hidden truth of his birth becomes a weapon in the hands of those determined to preserve the old order at any cost.The Mulatto is at once a love story, a social indictment, and one of the founding works of Brazilian literary naturalism. Aluisio Azevedo exposes a world where slavery, religious corruption, family ambition, and social respectability work together to crush human dignity. Rich in atmosphere, psychological tension, and unforgettable characters, this novel remains startlingly modern in its portrait of how prejudice survives behind the language of morality and tradition. For readers of classic literature, historical fiction, and socially engaged novels, The Mulatto is a powerful and haunting rediscovery. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
