Abstract
This article offers some remarks on the wars of Brazilian Independence, its history and historiography. It is centered in the book by Hélio Franchini Neto, Independência e morte: política e guerra na emancipação do Brasil (2015), which ideas provides good sources for the discussion of a major theme of ibero-american history of the nineteenth century.
Keywords:
Independence Wars; Brazilian Independence; Napoleonic Wars; Empire of Brazil; Spanish America; Nation