The Portuguese Army – An Ilustrated Memoir
Pedro Soares Branco

Between 1806 and 1926, the Portuguese Army was involved in a vertiginous chain of events: the Peninsular War, the civil wars, Regeneration, the end of Monarchy, the Great War and the agony of the First Republic. The iconography of these events, scarce during the first half of the 20th century, exploded with the development of graphic arts and the advent of photography, creating images of great interest and beauty, produced through several techniques and on various material supports. Some of those images, a recollection of a fascinating historical period, can be found in this book.

The author

Pedro Soares Branco was born in Lisbon in 1964. He is an attending physician of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine and the professor responsible for the Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine Teaching Unit at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Lisbon. He is also the author of more than a hundred medical and scientific works, such as books, articles and oral presentations. Outside his professional field he has collaborated in the areas of uniform science and military iconography, with institutions such as the Military Museum and the National Palace of Ajuda. He is a member of the National Academy of Fine-Arts and has published several works on military themes, among which we can find the books Portuguese Military Head Dress, 1740-1918, a study of this part of the uniform and Military Portugal 1850-1918, a photographic evocation of the Portuguese Army.