This charming phrasebook offers a delightful glimpse into the linguistic and cultural idiosyncrasies of nineteenth-century Portugal and England. Compiled by two language enthusiasts, Jos da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino, it presents a variety of everyday scenarios, from greeting strangers to finding one's way in a foreign city, in both Portuguese and English, rendered in a highly idiosyncratic and often unintentionally hilarious fashion. With its...