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O Último Cais

Name: O Último Cais
ISBN: 9789722010610

by Helena Marques · 1992 edition

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.

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Madeira Funchal 19th century family saga historical novel Portuguese

Author: Helena Marques
Edition year: 1992
Publisher: Publicações Dom Quixote
Language: Portuguese
ISBN-13: 9789722010610

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