Princess Isabel of Brazil

A classic on nineteenth-century Brazil history. Meticulously researched and written in an engaging style. A valuable vehicle for understanding the complexities of politics and culture in nineteenth-century Brazil. -- James N. Green, California State University, Long Beach The 'heroine' of Brazilian abolition emerges in this excellent portrait as a strong-minded woman who battled formidable gender constraints. Her life tells much about power, politics, and family in Victorian Brazil. -- Thomas Skidmore, Brown University This fascinating study of Princess Isabel's relations with her family and her nation, much of it in her own words, provides an unparalleled account of the routines, worries, and aspirations of Brazilian girls and women in the nineteenth century. Along with it, we get a backstage view of the rise and fall of Brazil's monarchical system. -- Dain Borges, University of Chicago Barman, who led the way with a biography of Dom Pedro II, has produced another pioneering study of the period. Times Literary Supplement