The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER** ‘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, by the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER 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 |
Contents
We Shall Return | |
The Vanishing | |
The Search Begins | |
Buried Treasure | |
Blank Spots on the | |
The Disciple | |
FreezeDried Ice Cream and Adrenaline Socks | |
El Dorado | |
The Locked | |
The Whole World Is | |
A Scientific Obsession | |
An Unexpected Clue | |
Have No Fear | |
The Last Eyewitness | |
Dead or Alive | |
Into the Amazon | |
The Secret Papers | |
The Green Hell | |
Dead Horse Camp | |
In the Hands of the Gods | |
Ransom | |
The Case for | |
The Colonels Bones | |
The Other World | |
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Acknowledgments | |
Selected Bibliography | |
Index | |
Other editions - View all
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover ... David Grann No preview available - 2017 |
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover ... David Grann No preview available - 2009 |
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover ... David Grann No preview available - 2014 |
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