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The first major study in English for over half a century of one of Portugal's most important historical figures, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, marquês de Pombal (1699-1782). Best known today as the key figure in the reconstruction of Lisbon after the devastating earthquake of 1755. Was also one of the eighteenth century's most successful 'enlightened despots'.Kenneth Maxwell is the author of 'Pombal, Paradox of the Enlightenment', published 1995 under ISBN 9780521450447 and ISBN 0521450446.
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