Project Gutenberg 2022-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 202 Porter, Anna Maria 1778 1832 Don Sebastian : $b or, The house of the Braganza: An historical romance. vol. 1 $aUnited Kingdom :$bLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,$c1809. Sonya Schermann, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Don Sebastian: or, The House of the Braganza" by Miss Anna Maria Porter is a historical romance written in the early 19th century. This narrative follows the life of Prince Sebastian of Portugal, exploring his youth, virtues, and eventual misfortunes against the backdrop of a nation in turmoil. The tale interweaves themes of love, ambition, and the quest for glory amidst Portugal's political struggles of the 16th century. The opening of the novel sets the stage with a reflection on the historical significance of Don Sebastian, capturing his lineage and the events surrounding his youth. It introduces the reader to a dramatic period marked by the death of Sebastian's father, which leads to the concealment of the prince's fate from his pregnant mother. As Portugal's nobles grapple with loss and uncertainty, the infant Sebastian is born under harrowing circumstances, foreshadowing a turbulent life ahead. Through rich descriptions and emotional depth, the narrative hints at Sebastian's complex character, shaped by love and zeal for dominance, and hints at future challenges he will face as both a ruler and a man in love, particularly with the captivating Donna Gonsalva. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/donsebastianorho01port https://archive.org/details/donsebastianorho02port 20201120223402porter 1809 GB Reading ease score: 43.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Sebastião, King of Portugal, 1554-1578 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: British Literature 318859 2025-09-27T07:38:09.621513 text/html 296089 2024-10-18T23:33:36 text/html 399327 2025-09-27T07:38:14.843520 application/epub+zip 401261 2025-09-27T07:38:10.996477 application/epub+zip 390159 2025-09-27T07:38:10.373486 application/epub+zip 965454 2025-09-27T07:38:17.949461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 931582 2025-09-27T07:38:14.309536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 959601 2022-09-30T21:11:55.282172 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288216 2025-09-27T07:38:09.224029 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268208 2024-10-18T23:33:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16879 2025-09-27T07:38:18.084444 application/rdf+xml 19983 2025-09-27T07:38:10.602493 image/jpeg 2333 2025-09-27T07:38:10.487474 image/jpeg 339250 2025-09-27T07:38:09.655512 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia