María Pilar Queralt is still investigating about the most important female characters in history; As Mulheres do Marquês de Pombal has been recently published in Portuguese by A Esfera dos Livros. The work deals with the decisive role of a group of women in the life of the Portuguese statesman Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo: his mother, Maria Teresa Luiza de Mendonça e Melo, his first wife (the... - Read more