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‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’JOHN GRISHAM
The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost World
Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. They vanished without a trace.
For the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle, trying to find evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this spellbinding true tale of lethal obsession, David Grann retraces the footsteps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of the greatest mysteries of exploration.
‘A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration’ Sunday Times
‘Marvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones’ Daily Telegraph
‘The best story in the world, told perfectly’ Evening Standard
‘A fascinating and brilliant book’ Malcolm Gladwell
‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’JOHN GRISHAM
The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost World
Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. They vanished without a trace.
For the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle, trying to find evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this spellbinding true tale of lethal obsession, David Grann retraces the footsteps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of the greatest mysteries of exploration.
‘A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration’ Sunday Times
‘Marvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones’ Daily Telegraph
‘The best story in the world, told perfectly’ Evening Standard
‘A fascinating and brilliant book’ Malcolm Gladwell
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`Grann's book vividly brings to life the horrors that Fawcett faced . . . A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration' --Sunday Times
`A fantastic, almost fantastical, story . . . the wonder of it is that Grann actually succeeds in reaching some intriguing conclusions. Marvellous stuff' --Daily Mail
`Grann cleverly knits together Fawcett's story with his own attempts to find Z . . . A ripping yarn' --Observer
`A skilful and spirited retelling of Fawcett's obsessional quest' --Guardian
`Grann's book vividly brings to life the horrors that Fawcett faced . . . A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration' --The Sunday Times
`Grann brilliantly unravels the mystery of the explorer Colonel Fawcett, who disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1925' --Daily Telegraph
'A fascinating true story' --Scottish Sunday Herald
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`A fantastic, almost fantastical, story . . . the wonder of it is that Grann actually succeeds in reaching some intriguing conclusions. Marvellous stuff' --Daily Mail
`Grann cleverly knits together Fawcett's story with his own attempts to find Z . . . A ripping yarn' --Observer
`A skilful and spirited retelling of Fawcett's obsessional quest' --Guardian
`Grann's book vividly brings to life the horrors that Fawcett faced . . . A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration' --The Sunday Times
`Grann brilliantly unravels the mystery of the explorer Colonel Fawcett, who disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1925' --Daily Telegraph
'A fascinating true story' --Scottish Sunday Herald
'Fluid, energetic and brilliantly readable . . . It is an endless pleasure to be in the hands of a historical writer such as this'
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
- Publication date2010
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- ISBN 13 9781847394439
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