The Lost City of Z

Grann, David

ISBN 10: 0525494111 ISBN 13: 9780525494119

Publisher: Random House, 2017

Synopsis

The #1 New York Times Bestseller - Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller. 

In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless people perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z." In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett's quest for "Z" and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.

Look for David Grann’s new book, Killers of the Flower Moon, available now.

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Review:

‘A fascinating and brilliant book’  (Malcolm Gladwell)

‘A wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration’ (Sunday Times)

‘The best story in the world, told perfectly’  (Evening Standard)

‘Marvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones’  (Daily Telegraph)

Review:

` A genuine page-turner'

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0525494111
• ISBN 13: 9780525494119
• Binding: Audio CD