by Isabel Stilwell · PLANETAPT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789897773655
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«D. Manuel I: Duas Irmãs para um Rei» is the historical novel by Isabel Stilwell, published by Planeta in paperback, with 640 pages in Portuguese.
Portugal, late 15th century. Justa, wet nurse to Duke Manuel of Beja, believes in the prophecies that mark him as the chosen one. After a succession marked by death, Manuel ascends the throne in 1495, expands the kingdom to India and Brazil, and turns Lisbon into the center of the spice trade. It also recounts his courtship of Isabel, a reluctant widow, amid intrigue, faith and ambition.
Tenth edition in Brazilian Portuguese, published in 2020 within the Planeta Portugal collection.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction interested in the Portuguese court, the discoveries and the alliances with the Catholic Monarchs.
Maria Isabel Stilwell is a Portuguese journalist and writer. Already known in Portugal for her journalism, broadcasting, historical novels, children's books and short stories, she expanded outside of Portugal as the author of Philippa of Lancaster – English Princess, Queen of Portugal, which was first published in translation in 2015. Since then, two more of her historical novels have been translated into English.
