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Loss of El Dorado

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The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the sixteenth century belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay the fabulous kingdom of El Dorado. Two centuries of multinational intrigue followed, personified in the rivalled quest for the mythical kingdom of gold between the aging conquistador Antonio de Berrio and Sir Walter Ralegh, and culminating in the brutal stewardship of Thomas Picton, the English governor put on trial for the torture of a fourteen-year-old mulatto girl. Relating this labyrinthine story with clarity and novelistic drama, V. S. Naipaul accomplishes an unparalleled feat of historical writing.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 400 ● ISBN 9780307370631 ● Editura Knopf Canada ● Publicat 2011 ● Descărcabil 6 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 2554275 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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