Blood Gold
The Shocking True Story of the Amazon Gold Rush
$31.45
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2027
Summary
A shocking exposé of the dirty trade of gold and how it is pushing the world’s biggest rainforest to the brink of collapse.
Gold has a powerful hold over our civilization. The precious metal first attracted the Spanish conquistadors to the new world. For the Incas, only royalty could wear gold. Louis XIV covered Versailles from floor to ceiling in gold. It is excess, wealth, domination and power.
In this gripping investigation into the murky origins of gold, journalist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399414821 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399414828 |
| Author: | Dan Collyns |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Continuum |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Dan Collyns
Dan Collyns is based in Peru reporting for the Guardian, the BBC and CGTN America, as well as The New York Review of Books, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Chatham House and Mongabay, on topics including Amazon oil spills, earthquakes, Inca descendants and the drugs war. He interviewed one of the last Shining Path commanders, joined raids on illegal gold, timber and wildlife in Peru’s Amazon, and was one of a handful of journalists to report on ‘isolated’ tribes.
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