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In a time of terror for Europe?s monarchs--imprisoned, exiled, executed--Napoleon?s army marched toward Lisbon. Cornered, Prince Regent Jo?o had to make the most fraught decision of his life. Protected by the British Navy, he fled to Brazil with his entire family, including his …
Incapable of fending off Napoleon, Portugal's Prince Regent Joao ruling since 1799 in the stead of his demented mother bluffed France with promises of surrender while signing a secret agreement with Britain to secure safe passage to Brazil for Joao and his entire court, comprisi…
