Galantes memórias e admiráveis aventuras do virtuoso conselheiro Gomes, o Chalaça

"Novel is based on a fictional diary by 'Chalaça,' the irreverent and manipulative insider of the Court of Dom Pedro I. As Dom Pedro's secretary, he is remembered in history as having had a bad influence on the private life of the first Emperor of Brazil"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.