Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold

by Keith Thomson

A "rollicking," "vividly re-created," and "enticing romp" that tells the true story of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a competition with Spanish conquistadors for the legendary city's treasure, all in a "breezy narration that makes the historical subject matter sizzle" (Publishers Weekly)

As early as 1530, reports of El Dorado, a city of gold...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316497002
• ISBN13: 9780316497008
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 400 Pages