The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History by V.S. Naipaul

The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History

V.S. Naipaul

376 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective slow-paced
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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. Naipaul–himself a native of Trinidad–...

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