João Pedro Marques

A aluna americana

Descendo a Calçada de Santana e espreitando por entre as cortinas da sua carruagem, Elvira Sabrosa vislumbra Robert Huntley, um inglês que não via desde os tempos da infância, há mais de 20 anos. 'Os Dias da Febre' narra as circunstâncias que conduziram ao reencontro de Robert e Elvira, e o que dele decorreu. O cerne da acção situa-se em 1857, quando Lisboa estava a ser atingida por uma epidemia de febre-amarela que mataria quase 5 mil pessoas. É nesse contexto alarmante e febril que a intriga se desenvolve e que o leitor é convidado não só a conviver com as figuras da época, mas também a percorrer a cidade em toda a sua diversidade, dos camarotes do S. Carlos às ruas apertadas de Alfama, das enfermarias do Hospital de S. José às bancadas das Cortes, dos salões das senhoras das classes altas ao bulício do café Nicola.

Os dias da febre

Upon waking with a start that night in June 1848 , the young Benedetta could not imagine the radical transformation that his life would suffer . A year later , having lost all that bound to Pernambuco , embarked with few possessions and tight heart toward Moc̜âmedes . Followed with more than a hundred Portuguese who , disillusioned with Brazil , seeking a new opportunity , founding an agricultural colony across the Atlantic . A Farm in Africa follows the lives and stories of the early settlers in a brutal land , bringing to the surface the successes and setbacks , the dangers and surprises of their attachment in a harsh and savage territory. Based on meticulous historical research and having the backdrop of colonization Moc̜âmedes , this new novel by João Pedro Marques takes us through a simultaneously heartwarming and inclement Africa , laden with exotic and whose rails adventure and love go hand in hand .

Uma fazenda em África

Seymour Drescher

Pieter C. Emmer

The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, several historians have suggested that slaves achieved their own freedom by resisting slavery, which counters the predominant argument that abolitionist pressure groups, parliamentarians, and the governmental and anti-governmental armies of the various slaveholding empires were the prime movers behind emancipation. Marques, one of the leading historians of slavery and abolition, argues that, in most cases, it is impossible to establish a direct relation between slaves’ uprisings and the emancipation laws that would be approved in the western countries. Following this presentation, his arguments are taken up by a dozen of the most outstanding historians in this field. In a concluding chapter, Marques responds briefly to their comments and evaluates the degree to which they challenge or enhance his view.

João Pedro Marques

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