Paradise of the Damned - The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary

"A rollicking ... romp that tells the true story of an obsessive quest [by the English courtier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh] to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a competition with Spanish conquistadors for the legendary city's treasure"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Keith Thomson is the author of the nonfiction book Born to Be Hanged, as well as several novels, including Pirates of Pensacola and the New York Times bestseller Once a Spy. The former Columbia history major also writes nonfiction for the New York Times, Garden & Gun, and the Huffington Post on a range of topics, including national security and piracy. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Zusammenfassung

From the bestselling author of Born to Be Hanged comes a transporting account of the obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan England's political intrigues and the rival Spanish conquistadors vying for El Dorado's treasure.

Vorwort

From the bestselling author of Born to Be Hanged comes a transporting account of the obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan England's political intrigues and the rival Spanish conquistadors vying for El Dorado's treasure.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Keith Thomson, Thomson Keith
• Verlag: Little Brown USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.05.2024
• EAN: 9780316497008
• ISBN: 978-0-316-49700-8
• Seiten: 400
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Mexico, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of the Americas, c 1500 to c 1600, 1485–1603 (Tudor period), Biography: adventurers and explorers