Pedro I of Brazil

1798–1834

Pedro I was the Portuguese prince who declared Brazil’s independence in 1822 and became its first emperor. Conflict over constitutional power and Portuguese influence led him to abdicate in 1831; he then returned to Europe and fought to secure the Portuguese throne for his daughter Maria II.

Allan Mallinson’s Rumours of War places Pedro I of Brazil within a narrative shaped by court politics and dynastic power, military command and battlefield decision-making, and political ambition and government.

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Matthew Hervey in Order

by Allan Mallinson 14 books 4.2

The Matthew Hervey novels follow an English cavalry officer from the final campaign against Napoleon into the unsettled decades after Waterloo. Beginning as a young cornet in the 6th Light Dragoons, Hervey advances through command while trying to reconcile professional duty, personal honour, family obligations and the often…

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