by Jorge Sousa Correia · Clube do Autor · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789897246050
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D. João II, the 'Perfect Prince', ascended to the throne in 1481 and continued the Portuguese maritime expansion initiated by his great-uncle, Prince Henry the Navigator. This connection to maritime history was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas, but also by other achievements revealing Portugal's golden age. The king was a kind of Apollo of the late 15th century, but the story of his life reveals another side. Aware that he was hated by part of the Portuguese nobility, he spied day and night, having created a true 'political police'. History speaks of a generous king, but beneath the surface lies a man of easy tears and cruel intimacy, a true wellspring of feelings to be deciphered.
