Author

Helena Marques

3 books about Madeira by Helena Marques.

Cover of O Último Cais
📖 Fiction & Literature

O Último Cais

Helena Marques · 1992 Portuguese

The acclaimed debut novel (in Portuguese) by Funchal journalist Helena Marques, set in late-19th-century Funchal — the Vaz de Lacerda family and its women across generations. Winner of the Portuguese Writers’ Association Grand Prize.

Cover of A Deusa Sentada
📖 Fiction & Literature

A Deusa Sentada

Helena Marques · 1994 Portuguese

Helena Marques’s second novel (in Portuguese), continuing the search-for-roots theme of O Último Cais as two cousins travel in search of their family’s identity.

Cover of Raquels Töchter
📖 Fiction & Literature

Raquels Töchter

Helena Marques · 1997 German

The German edition of Helena Marques’s prize-winning “O Último Cais” — a saga of bold women in 19th-century Madeira, based on her great-grandfather’s logbook.