by José Rodrigues dos Santos · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896163907
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«O Anjo Branco» is the historical novel by José Rodrigues dos Santos, published by Gradiva Publicações in 2010 (678 pages, in Portuguese).
Set in Mozambique in the 1960s, it follows the doctor José Branco, who creates an aerial medical service to reach remote populations and becomes a legend: the Anjo Branco. When the colonial war breaks out, a discovery confronts him with the most feared secret of the Portuguese presence in Africa. Inspired by real events.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction, with an interest in Portuguese colonial history and Mozambique.
José António Afonso Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese journalist, novelist and university lecturer. He has been one of the presenters of Telejornal, the evening news program on the Portuguese public television channel RTP1, since 1991. Since the 2000s he has published several thriller and historical fiction novels, becoming a best-selling author in Portugal.
