1808: The Flight of the Emperor

{{short description|2007 book by Laurentino Gomes}}

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| name = 1808: The Flight of the Emperor: How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World

| title_orig = 1808: Como uma rainha louca, um príncipe medroso e uma corte corrupta enganaram Napoleão e mudaram a História de Portugal e do Brasil

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| author = Laurentino Gomes

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| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese

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| genre = History

| publisher = Planeta

| pub_date = 2007

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| media_type = Print, paper cover

| pages = 414 pp

| isbn = 978-85-7665-320-2

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| followed_by = 1822

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1808: The Flight of the Emperor, subtitled How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World[https://www.amazon.com/1808-Emperor-British-Tricked-Napoleon/dp/0762787961 1808] at Amazon.com. ({{langx|pt|1808: Como uma rainha louca, um príncipe medroso e uma corte corrupta enganaram Napoleão e mudaram a História de Portugal e do Brasil}}, which translates as How a mad queen, a coward prince and a corrupt court fooled Napoleon and changed the History of Portugal and Brazil) is a book about the Independence of Brazil, written by Laurentino Gomes.

In 2008, the book was awarded as the best essay book by Academia Brasileira de Letras. It was also awarded twice a Prêmio Jabuti, at the categories "best reportage-book" and "non-fiction book of the year".{{cite news|title=Surpreso, Loyola Brandão recebe Jabuti de livro do ano de ficção| url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u462887.shtml|author=Mikevis, Dayanne|work = Folha Online|date=31 October 2008}}[http://www.clicrbs.com.br/especial/rs/feira-do-livro/19,0,2291657,Laurentino-Gomes-narra-a-chegada-da-Corte-ao-Brasil-no-bestseller-1808.html Clic RBS] - 54th Porto Alegre Book Fair

The same author published 1822, a sequel.