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A grand enigma reaching back ages. A sensational disappearance that made headlines across the world. A quest for truth that contributes to death, madness or disappearance for many who seek to resolve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster trip narrative in 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 enigma of the twentieth century:" What took place to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? In 1925 Fawcett ventured in to the Amazon to find a historical civilization, hoping to make one of the main discoveries ever sold. For years and years Europeans thought the world’s greatest jungle hidden the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Hundreds had died looking for it, leaving many experts persuaded that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped motivate Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, acquired put in years building his technological case. Fascinating the creativity of millions around the world, Fawcett embarked along with his twenty-one-year-old son, decided to prove that old civilization--which he dubbed “Z”--been around. Then he and his expedition vanished. Fawcett’s fate--and the tantalizing hints he left out about “Z”--became an obsession for hundreds who implemented him in to the uncharted wilderness. For many years experts and adventurers have sought out evidence of Fawcett’s get together and the lost City of Z. Countless have perished, been captured by tribes, or removed mad. As David Grann delved ever deeper in to the mystery encompassing Fawcett’s pursuit, and the higher enigma of what sits within the Amazon, he found himself, like the decades who preceded him, being irresistibly attracted in to the jungle’s “renewable hell.” His quest for the reality and his stunning discoveries about Fawcett’s fate and “Z” form the heart of this sophisticated, enthralling narrative.

Category: South America