The Loss of El Dorado: A History by Naipaul, V. S.
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- Book Title
- Loss of El Dorado : a Colonial History
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- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 5 in
- Publication Year
- 1977
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- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
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- Item Height
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- Genre
- History
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- General, Caribbean & West Indies / General, Latin America / South America
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- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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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. Naipaulhimself a native of Trinidadshows 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.
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0140036415
ISBN-13
9780140036411
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1378120
Product Key Features
Book Title
Loss of El Dorado : a Colonial History
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1977
Topic
General, Caribbean & West Indies / General, Latin America / South America
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
5 in
Item Width
7 in
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Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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"History as literature, meticulously researched and masterfully written." The New York Times Book Review "A formidable achievement. . . . No historian has attempted to weave together in so subtle a manner the threads of the most complex and turbulent period of Caribbean history." The Times Literary Supplement "Brilliant. . . . Startling." New Statesman "A remarkable book. . . . Intelligent, humane, brilliantly written." Book World
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74-179375
Dewey Decimal
972.98/3
Lc Classification Number
F2120
Copyright Date
1973
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