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Book by Laurentino Gomes
1822 1822, Como um homem sábio, uma princesa triste e um escocês louco por dinheiro ajudaram D. Pedro a criar o Brasil, um país que tinha tudo para dar errado Livro1822.jpg Laurentino Gomes Brazil Portuguese History Nova Fronteira 7 September 2010 Print, paper cover 351 pp 978-85-209-2409-9 1808 1889
1822, subtitled How a wise man, a sad princess and a money crazy Scotsman helped D. Pedro to create Brazil, a country that had everything to go wrong (in Portuguese: Como um homem sábio, uma princesa triste e um escocês louco por dinheiro ajudaram D. Pedro a criar o Brasil, um país que tinha tudo para dar errado), is a non-fiction historical book written by Laurentino Gomes, the author of 1808, and edited by Nova Fronteira.
The name of the book refers to the year in which Prince Pedro declared the independence of Brazil with the well-remembered "Cry of Ipiranga". It is a comprehensive study of the beginnings of independent life in a giant country in the New World.
The book is dedicated to all Brazilian history teachers.1822: como um homem sábio, uma princesa triste e um escocês louco por dinheiro ajudaram D. Pedro a criar o Brasil, um país que tinha tudo para dar errado / Laurentino Gomes - Rio de Janeiro : Nova Fronteira, 2010, 978-85-209-2409-9
In 2011, the book earned Gomes his third and fourth Jabuti Prizes, in the categories "best reportage-book" and "non-fiction book of the year".Okada Ana Ferreira Gullar e Laurentino Gomes são os grandes vencedores do Prêmio Jabuti 2011 http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/ultnot/2011/11/30/ferreira-gullar-e-laurentino-gomes-sao-os-grandes-vencedores-do-premio-jabuti-de-2011.jhtm UOL Entretenimento 23 September 2012 São Paulo Portuguese 30 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20131227151016/http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/ultnot/2011/11/30/ferreira-gullar-e-laurentino-gomes-sao-os-grandes-vencedores-do-premio-jabuti-de-2011.jhtm 2013-12-27 dead
Main characters
Dom Pedro (the Emperor)
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (the wise man)
Dona Leopoldina (the sad princess)
Lord Cochrane (the money-crazy Scotsman)
Marquesa de Santos (the marchioness)
See also
1808
References
Category:2010 non-fiction books
Category:History books about Brazil
Category:History books about the 19th century
Category:21st-century history books
Category:Pedro I of Brazil