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Lost Countries of South America

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Beschreibung

<p><b>An extraordinary adventure into South America's epic history</b><br><br><b>'Absolutely wonderful' </b>DOMINIC SANDBROOK<br><b>'A luscious, erudite romp ... a tour de force of literary mezcla' </b>ALICE ALBINIA<br><b>'A magnificent contribution to the Latin American canon' </b>MARIE ARANA<br><br>In this sweeping exploration of the continent's forgotten past, Laurence Blair takes as his waymarks nine countries that can't be found on a map: vanished realms, half-imagined utopias and dismembered homelands. Looking beyond modern borders, he travels to each in turn - on foot and horseback, by rail and river - to weave an epic of survival, resistance and revolution.<br><br>Blair's journey spans five centuries and thousands of miles, ranging from ancient Amazonian civilisations and a rebel Inca dynasty in the Peruvian jungle - via a Brazilian Wakanda that defied slavery, Bolivia's landlocked navy and the Patagonian power that defeated the Spanish Empire - to the African freedom fighters who marched over the Andes from Argentina, and the Napoleon of the New World who led Paraguay to its ruin.<br><br>This is the story of South America as is rarely told: at the epicentre of global history and the forging of the modern world.<br><br><b>*Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn Award*<br><br>'An unputdownable delight' </b>JON LEE ANDERSON</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529931709

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

191 x 130 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd