There was something wrong with that boy. Everyone thought it was asthma, that cough, that shortness of breath, that way…
The square was packed with people. Everyone wanted to testify. The most feared slave in the Paraíba Valley, the one…
The laughter started even before Cecilia finished handing over the coins. In the middle of the slave market, men pushed…
The room was so quiet that you could hear the creaking of the old wood under the feet of those…
He was his mother’s secret, and the house knew it before anyone said it aloud. Santa Victoria had the private…
The June sun of 1856 beat down relentlessly on the docks of the port of São Félix, turning the wooden…
No one imagined that a woman from the elite could feel that way. Much less for another woman. Much less…
Theresa held her breath, hidden behind the heavy mahogany door. Her eyes widened as she saw Mistress Isabelle Alamont, the…
A coup de grace, meaning blow of mercy in French, was the final shot sometimes given after a firing squad…
On September 6, 1945, just months after the Second World War drew to a close, a ruthless former official who…