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Publisher Nova Fronteira Media type Print, paper cover ISBN 978-85-209-2409-9 Genre History | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 7 September 2010 Pages 351 pp Originally published 7 September 2010 Original language Portuguese Country Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title 1822, Como um homem sábio, uma princesa triste e um escocês louco por dinheiro ajudaram D. Pedro a criar o Brasil, um país que tinha tudo para dar errado Preceded by 1808: The Flight of the Emperor History books 1808: The Flight of the Emperor, The Age of Revolution: Europe 1, Bible, A People's History of the Unite, Lies My Teacher Told Me | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1822, subtitled Como um homem sábio, uma princesa triste e um escocês louco por dinheiro ajudaram D. Pedro a criar o Brasil, um país que tinha tudo para dar errado (How a wise man, a sad princess and a money crazy Scotsman helped D. Pedro create Brazil, a country that had everything to go wrong), is a non-fiction historical book written by Laurentino Gomes, the author of 1808, and edited by Nova Fronteira.
The name of the book refers to the year in which Prince Pedro declared the independence of Brazil with the well-remembered "Cry of Ipiranga". It is a comprehensive study of the beginnings of independent life in a giant country in the New World.
The book is dedicated to all Brazilian history teachers.
In 2011, the book earned Gomes his third and fourth Jabuti Prizes, in the categories "best reportage-book" and "non-fiction book of the year".