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Sérgio Luís de Carvalho
When the Heart Orders
«When the heart orders - 1128-1910» tells us about the strength of feelings in the History of Portugal, and how they were behind some important events in our past.
How did the jealousy of a Duke of Bragança lead him to kill his wife, and atone for his crime by conquering the square of Azamor? How did a father's grief over the death of a son contribute to Portuguese rule in the East? What contribution did the contempt of an adventurous writer make to the fall of the monarchy? How did the jealousy of a monarch lead to the arrest of the greatest national writer of the 17th century?
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