Laurence Blair Patria : Lost Countries of South America Paperback Book

An extraordinary adventure into South Americas epic historyAbsolutely wonderful DOMINIC SANDBROOKA luscious, erudite romp ... a tour de force of literary mezcla ALICE ALBINIAAn unputdownable delight JON LEE ANDERSONA magnificent contribution to the Latin American canon MARIE ARANAWinner of the Royal Society of Literature Giles St Aubyn AwardIn this sweeping exploration of the continents forgotten past, Laurence Blair takes as his waymarks nine countries that cant be found on a map vanished realms, halfimagined utopias and dismembered homelands. Looking beyond modern borders, he travels to each in turn on foot and horseback, by rail and river to weave an epic of survival, resistance and revolution. Blairs journey spans five centuries and thousands of miles, ranging from ancient Amazonian civilisations and a rebel Inca dynasty in the Peruvian jungle via a Brazilian Wakanda that defied slavery, Bolivias landlocked navy and the Patagonian power that defeated the Spanish Empire to the African freedom fighters who marched over the Andes from Argentina, and the Napoleon of the New World who led Paraguay to its ruin. This is the story of South America as is rarely told at the epicentre of global history and the forging of the modern world. | Laurence Blair Patria : Lost Countries of South America Paperback Book