The Loss of El Dorado
A Colonial History
$30.71
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
16 February 2011
Summary
At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold; and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of the new slave colony.
In The Loss of El Dorado, V. S. Naipaul shows how the alchemic delusion of El Dorado drew the small island of Trinidad into the vortex of world events, making it the object of Spanish and English colonial …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330522847 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0330522841 |
| Author: | V.S. Naipaul |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 16 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 276g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
Critics Review
History as literature, meticulously researched and masterfully written.
History as literature, meticulously researched and masterfully written. * 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. * Times Literary Supplement *
Brilliant… . Startling. * New Statesman *
A remarkable book… . Intelligent, humane, brilliantly written. * Book World *
V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He is the author of more than fourteen works of fiction, including “A House for Mr Biswas” and “A Bend in the River”, and ten works of non-fiction including “An Area of Darkness” and “India: A Wounded Civilization”. He has won every major literary award bar the Nobel. He lives in Wiltshire.
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