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The lost city of z : A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon. / David Grann.
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z?In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose...
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415960264 (sound recording)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (8 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Mark Deakins. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 284000 KB). |
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Subject: | Nonfiction. History. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |