Sao Paulo letter
Napoléon Bonaparte, on his white horse, with the badge of the d’Hnneur Légion and his tricorn hat, posed in front of Sugarloaf Mountain. In the diaphan and purple dawn, Guanabara’s bay and the tropical river forest developed behind it. With his finger, the emperor pointed to an invisible element: the corcovado, maybe? – To the left of the image, in this Brazil I used to conquered. In his arm he sat a majestic macaw with turquoise and golden feathers.
The least that could be said is that the cover of Marco Morel’s book is inspired. In your work O Slide EM that Napoleao Quis Invadir or Brazil (“The day Napoléon wanted to invade Brazil”), the Brazilian historian playfully checked a dark chapter of the “Little Corpal’s” saga, namely his “secret plans” to seize what was then a Portuguese colony. No less than 17 years, according to the author’s count.
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