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This is a solid, well-researched, well-written combination travel book and popular history of Machu Piccchu and its 'discoverer' Hiram Bingham.
That said, I did not like it as much as I had hoped. I'm ambivalent. My recent love affair with "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson and "The Lost City of Z" may well have spoiled the vast majority of travel writing for me. I can't put my finger on why, exactly -- it may well not be the book's fault -- but I had to make a conscious effort to go back to the book and finish it after about the 2/3 mark.
Final verdict? Recommended for anyone with a special interest in Machu Picchu or Incan history. Just don't expect it to be quite as much of a romp as the title and pull quotes imply.
That said, I did not like it as much as I had hoped. I'm ambivalent. My recent love affair with "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson and "The Lost City of Z" may well have spoiled the vast majority of travel writing for me. I can't put my finger on why, exactly -- it may well not be the book's fault -- but I had to make a conscious effort to go back to the book and finish it after about the 2/3 mark.
Final verdict? Recommended for anyone with a special interest in Machu Picchu or Incan history. Just don't expect it to be quite as much of a romp as the title and pull quotes imply.