AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN PORTUGAL BETWEEN Don PEDRO AND Don MIGUEL

Description

A rare and lucid account by a key British participant of the Portuguese Civil War (the War of the Two Brothers), the post-Napoleonic conflict between liberal constitutionalists and conservative absolutists in Portugal over royal succession which lasted from 1828 to 1834. Embroiled parties included the Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese rebels, the United Kingdom, France, the Catholic Church and Spain.