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

by Naipaul, V. S. | PB | Acceptable
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Binding
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Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
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ISBN
9780140036411
Book Title
Loss of El Dorado : a Colonial History
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Item Length
5 in
Publication Year
1977
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1 in
Author
V. S. Naipaul
Genre
History
Topic
General, Caribbean & West Indies / General, Latin America / South America
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Width
7 in
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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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140036415
ISBN-13
9780140036411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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
Author
V. S. Naipaul
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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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"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
Lccn
74-179375
Dewey Decimal
972.98/3
Lc Classification Number
F2120
Copyright Date
1973

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  • by YHefw3RPTve@Deleted
    06 Apr, 2012

    The Loss of El Dorado is formidable reading.

    Book purchased as a gift for a person studyig the history of the Caribbean islands. It is an excellent piece of literature as well as history by an author who was raised in Trinidad and has written much about the islands. I read it when it was fir published more than 10 years ago and find it just as interesting now as it was then.

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