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Atlantica [Published Date: 2000]. Softcover, 131 pp. plus genealogical table at back ; 21 cm ; Text in French. Part of the "Sceptre et couronne" series. Some black and white illustrations.
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In very good condition. Blue pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and very light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Biography of King Carlos I of Portugal (1863-1908), the first French-language account of the king's life and assassination. Charles de Bragance reigned over Portugal from 1889 until his murder in February 1908, witnessed by his wife, Amelie d'Orleans. The book explores his personality as a great hunter, bon vivant, and skilled diplomat, as well as his role as patron of the arts and sciences, and his concern for his country's welfare. It examines his misunderstood reign, the political turmoil that followed, and the path toward the Salazar dictatorship. Includes discussion of his education, marriage, reign, and final days, along with genealogical background of the House of Braganza. [From back cover] La premiere biographie francaise consacree au destin maudit de Charles Ier de Portugal, roi sacrifie. Charles de Bragance regna dix-huit ans sur le Portugal et fut assassine, sous les yeux de sa femme, Amelie d'Orleans, un soir de fevrier 1908. Le Portugal vecut ensuite une succession de desordres qui deboucha sur la dictature salazariste. Grand chasseur, bon vivant, et surtout fin diplomate, ami des arts, curieux des sciences, et profondement soucieux des interets de son pays, il fut mal aime, mal compris, quelquefois maladroit et finalement malchanceux.Sa vie et sa mort, apres des annees de polemique, furent recouvertes d'un voile de silence embarrasse. L'ambition de ce livre est d'esquisser un portrait politique et humain de ce grand oublie de l'Histoire. Jean Pailler, ancien officier, a ete un observateur privilegie de la revolution des Oeillets au Portugal. Pour le grand public, il en a tire un livre passionnant, Portugal, le printemps des capitaines (L'Harmattan, 1994). Traducteur et commentateur d'Eca de Queiroz, il a egalement traduit des oeuvres de Jose Jorge Letria.