This is quite a story. Going back to the 16th century there were stories and rumors and speculations about an advanced civilization in the Brazilian Amazon. Many an explorer tried to find its remains including a British man named Fawcett in the 20th century. Fawcett was obsessed with trying find the so-called Lost City of Z.
The story ended in tragedy as most such stories do, but along the way in this book we read about this obsessed man, the British society and times he came from, and we read about the amazing Amazon River, the largest river in the world. At its zenith this river is 200 miles wide---incredible!
As a thrilling story about a different time and a different place and an obsession, this book is terrific.
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Amazing how you find such a wide array of books to read.
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