Stories of the Brazilian People - Vol. 1 - by Mary del Priore

The country's history is commonly told through great facts, deeds 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 were left behind the curtains, but the time has come to know them.

Mary del Priore presents us, in this book, 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 smaller facts that say a lot about them and about us.

The characters here go beyond those known, such as Tiradentes or D. Pedro I; it's 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 we live in and build a more promising future. So, how about looking through the keyhole and discovering what’s behind Brazil’s curtains?

This is the first volume of the Histórias da Gente Brasileira collection focused on the period of Colonial Brazil, which will also feature three other books: one about the Empire and two about the Republic.