It is written by the chronicler Vasco Pulido Valente.
Above all I know Vasco Pulido Valente thru his chronicles in a Portuguese newspaper and it is this facet of acutely analyst of the everyday life that I like. That is only a step up to this little book, it is an essay about the revolt of the Portuguese during the French invasion and who reads gets the idea that people were are more in command and was not given to such gentle manners people we so much hear talk about. Curiously, at a time when our country is facing enormous economic and socially-transformations I can't help to wonder where are these rebels who did not leave their credit in the hands of others? "Ir pro maneta" is a portuguese expression that means "go to hell" and this particular book describes this turbulent period of the national history, one abandoned by their rulers and had to be saved the people with the help of a foreign country ally. Does not reaming you of something? Have a nice reading.