Arthur Brakel is the translator of Cyro do Anjo's Diary of a Civil Servant and João Reis's Slave Rebellion in Brazil. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University. Fernando Novais is a Brazilian scholar currently teaching at the University of Campinas, Brazil.

"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly humane, sympathetic and smart analysis."--Publishers Weekly

Arthur Brakel is the translator of Cyro do Anjo's Diary of a Civil Servant and João Reis's Slave Rebellion in Brazil. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University. Fernando Novais is a Brazilian scholar currently teaching at the University of Campinas, Brazil.

"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly humane, sympathetic and smart analysis."--Publishers Weekly

Arthur Brakel is the translator of Cyro do Anjo's Diary of a Civil Servant and João Reis's Slave Rebellion in Brazil. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University. Fernando Novais is a Brazilian scholar currently teaching at the University of Campinas, Brazil.

"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly humane, sympathetic and smart analysis."--Publishers Weekly