by Agustina Bessa Luís · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726654711
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«Sebastião José» is the historical biography by Agustina Bessa Luís that Guimarães Editorial published in paperback in 2003 (282 pages, in Portuguese).
The work examines the controversial personality of Sebastião José, better known as the Marquis of Pombal, and those around him: those who admired, feared, or hated him. It is a portrait of 18th-century Portugal under absolutism, seen through the origins, ambitions, and culmination of power of a man of his time.
This edition is the third and was published in Lisbon; the book falls under the category of History.
For readers interested in the history of Portugal and in biographies of 18th-century political figures.
