The history of the country is commonly told through great facts, achievements and names, victories and failures that marked the nation or its economy.. The people, their habits and their daily lives have always been relegated and forgotten, without receiving the visibility they deserve.. Their stories have been kept behind the curtains, but the time has come to know them.
In this book, Mary del Priore presents us with the true stories of the country, those that intimately portray the lives of the Brazilian people.. In it, you will discover how people dressed, where they lived, what they ate, what they did for fun and many other minor facts that say a lot about them and about us.
The characters here go beyond those known, such as Tiradentes or D. Peter I; we are all of us. After all, it is by knowing our roots, the stories of our people and the objects they used that we will be able to better understand the country in which we live and build a more promising future.. So, how about looking through the keyhole and finding out what's behind the curtains in Brazil?
This is the first volume of the collection Histórias da Gente Brasileira focused on the era of Colonial Brazil, which will also include three other books.: one about the Empire and two about the Republic.
