Anna e outros amores de Tiradentes

"Historical novel involves Tiradentes, the man who first fought for Brazilian independence from Portugal. Lovers, wife, and children were part of Tiradentes' multifaceted posture as husband, father, and politician (among other roles), and as failed revolutionary to mediocre soldier to a hero praised for the last 300 years. Author, claiming to be among the descendants of the man known as The Martyr of Independence, narrates several aspects of his amorous life through the imaginary voices of the women who filled it"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.