The Loss of El Dorado
A Colonial History
(Author) V.S. Naipaul
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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 designs and a Mecca for treasure-seekers, slave-traders, and revolutionaries. This title tells about the New World, empire, African slavery, and revolution.
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Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780330522847
Publish year:
2010
Publish date:
Sept. 3, 2010
V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian-born British author known for his novel "A House for Mr. Biswas" which explores themes of identity and displacement. His writing style is characterized by precise prose and incisive observations of postcolonial societies. Naipaul's work earned him numerous literary awards and a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.
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