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It is Lisbon in the year 1905 and our hero, Luis Bernardo Valenca, a 37-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping business, is revelling in the luxury of Lisbon's high society. Intellectually curious, he writes about politics in his spare time, believing that Portugal's vast empire is... read more
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Characters edit
Setting & Locations edit
- Herr Gouverneur
- Lissabon
- Portugal
- Angola
- England
- London
- Maria Augusta
- Doroteia
- Essen
- Afrika
- Sklavenarbeit
- Paris
- Indien
- Delhi
- Portwein
- Goalpara
- Zaire
- Luanda
- Assam
- Verbannung
- Benguela
- Uhrzeit
- Lord Curzon
- Bangalore
- Traurigkeit
- Mosambik
- Mindelo
- Spätnachmittag
- Schritttempo
- Unterschlupf
- Salon
First Sentence edit
Depois de as coisas acontecerem, é quase irresistível reflectir sobre o que teria sido a vida se se tem feito diferente.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Miguel Sousa Tavares (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Portuguese
Publisher: Oficina do Livro
Country: Portugal
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 989-555-013-8
Page Count: 527
Publisher: Oficina do Livro
Country: Portugal
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 989-555-013-8
Page Count: 527
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 869.8'5
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