It is a historical novel by James Rebelo that brings us to the Angola of the late nineteenth century.
I started reading this book at the suggestion of a colleague, although a diehard fan of books with a historical aspect, I recognize that never had wanted to read the so-called Portuguese "Nicholas Parks" until "the time of perfect love" and I must say this writer is well above the American author. This work, in particular, focuses on the life of Lieutenant Carlos Montanha and his prohibited love by Leonor de Carvalho, in the Angola of 1897 and I must say that it is a novel of epic proportions. Tiago Rebelo's prose is of great beauty stylistics, the characters are fascinating in their ideossicrasias and the drama structure itself is exciting , which makes it an addictive reading. A curious fact of this novel is that it is based on real facts, Carlos Augusto de Noronha Montanha existed and left for posterity a book titled "Odyssey of a colonial pioneer in the hinterlands of Angola" which describes his adventures on the African continent serving as a reliable basis for this novel about a troubled time in the history of Angola. But this perhaps is not the most important, in my view, the most remarkable aspect of this work is that the main character is an ancestor of James Rebelo and was the author's brother, Francisco Rebelo Montanha in its genelogy investigations not only discover the valorous family member and his small publication, removing it from obscurity, as also urged the writer to write about it and two years after this discovery came the "time of perfect love." I do not wish to say anything more about this remarkable story, I can only add that it is worth reading this adventure that has the background of a former colony in the late nineteenth century, where takes place a great devourer and voracious love as the landscape itself from Angola. Have a nice reading.
