ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Patrick Wilcken grew up in Sydney and studied at Goldsmiths College and the Institute of Latin American Studies in London. A contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, he works on the Brazil desk at Amnesty International. He is the author of Empire Adrift: The Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro 1808-21. He has spent periods in Paris and Rio de Janeiro and now lives in Stoke Newington, London, with his wife and child.