Emperor of Portugallia (Lagerlof - paperback)

Author: Selma Lagerlof

ISBN: 9781909408456

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

For poverty-stricken farm labourer Jan, the birth of his daughter Klara gives life a new meaning; his devotion to her develops into an obsession that excludes all else. We are taken from the miracle of a newborn child and a father's love of his baby girl into a fantasy world emerging as a result of extreme external pressures, in which Jan creates for himself the role of Emperor of Portugallia.