The Loss Of El Dorado

Author : V. S. Naipaul
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307370631
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by V. S. Naipaul and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : V. S. Naipaul
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307789330
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by V. S. Naipaul and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterpiece about Trinidad, the Nobel Prize-winning author has “given us a lesson in history [and] shown us how it is best written” (The New York Times). The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold. In this extraordinary and often gripping book, V. S. Naipaul—himself a native of Trinidad—shows how that delusion drew a small island into the vortex of world events, making it the object of Spanish and English colonial designs and a mecca for treasure-seekers, slave-traders, and revolutionaries. Amid massacres and poisonings, plunder and multinational intrigue, two themes emerge: the grinding down of the Aborigines during the long rivalries of the El Dorado quest and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of slavery. An accumulation of casual, awful detail takes us as close as we can get to day-to-day life in the slave colony, where, in spite of various titles of nobility, only an opportunistic, near-lawless community exists, always fearful of slave suicide or poison, of African sorcery and revolt. Naipaul tells this labyrinthine story with assurance, withering irony, and lively sympathy. The result is historical writing at its highest level.

Author : Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1973 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the early 19th century, when British occupants inflicted a reign of terror on the island's black population, V.S. Naipaul's recreation of the history of Trinidad exposes the barbaric cruelties of slavery and torture and their consequences on all strata of society.

Author : V. S. Naipaul
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780330487078
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by V. S. Naipaul and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of Trinidad exposes the barbaric cruelties of slavery and torture. Essentially two stories, the first tells of Walter Raleigh's raid on Trinidad and South America in 1595, the second, the attempt by Britain 200 years later to set up a revolution against the Spanish Empire in Trinidad.

Author : Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : V. S. Naipaul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loss of El Dorado written by V. S. Naipaul and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session.

Author : Robert Silverberg
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821441027
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Dream written by Robert Silverberg and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most persistent legends in the annals of New World exploration is that of the Land of Gold. This mythical site was located over vast areas of South America (and later, North America); the search for it drove some men mad with greed and, as often as not, to their untimely deaths. In this history of quest and adventure, Robert Silverberg traces the fate of Old World explorers lured westward by the myth of El Dorado. From the German conquistadores licensed by the Spanish king to operate out of Venezuela, to the journeys of Gonzalo Pizarro in the Amazon basin, and to the nearly miraculous voyage of Francisco Orellana to the mouth of the Amazon River, encountering the warlike women who gave the river its name, violence and bloodshed accompanied the determined adventurers. Sir Walter Raleigh and a host of other explorers spent small fortunes and many lives trying to locate Manoa, a city that was rumored to be El Dorado—City of Gold. Celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg recreates these legendary quests in The Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado.

Author : Marc Herman
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching for El Dorado written by Marc Herman and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a young writer quickly becoming the quintessential foreign correspondent for a new generation, comes the compelling, tragicomic account of the centuries old quest for gold in South America.

Author : M.F. Renée
Publisher : The Cultural Story-Weaver
ISBN 13 : 1736725351
Total Pages : 683 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Journey to El Dorado written by M.F. Renée and published by The Cultural Story-Weaver. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unexpected encounter changes the lives of two women—both immigrants searching for purpose and a better life. Through their interwoven journey, both will question and embrace their faith. When one is asked to be the Arabic translator for a Moroccan woman newly arrived at a Spanish safe house, she has no idea of the journey upon which she is embarking. Born into privilege, she will come face to face with the ugly, dark side of the world, the suffering so many endure. She will also discover the joy and heartbreak of loving broken women, joining forces with them, fighting back to survive and thrive. Faith will guide their way, faltering at times, returning stronger. Journey along with them in this sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes soaring memoir of discovery, disappointment, and redemption. Partial proceeds of the book will go to Habiba and the safe house work in Spain. “M.F. Renée is a poet, and this is a beautiful, powerful story. Her passion for the subject and her friend drips off every page. I’m never going to look at strawberries the same way again.” —Lorraine Thomas "A haunting story to remind us of the horrors some live through in this life . . . but also a beautiful story to remind us there is hope and redemption." —Kat Caldwell "While the subject matter is difficult, the story is not. It is a lovely tale of friendship, faith, and the difference even one person can make in the world. Read it, and share it." —Madison Michael