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Douglas Preston - The Lost City of the Monkey God - 9781786695079 - V9781786695079
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The Lost City of the Monkey God

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Description for The Lost City of the Monkey God Paperback. A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A medical mystery. A journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle and a stunning archaeological discovery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Since the days of conquistador Hernan Cortes, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and warn the legendary city is cursed: to enter it is a death sentence. They call it the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artefacts and an electrifying story of having found the City - but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786695079
SKU
V9781786695079
Shipping Time
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About Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston is one half of the bestselling thriller writing duo, Preston & Child. In addition to his novels, Douglas writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines.

Reviews for The Lost City of the Monkey God
'Preston at his best. Entirely non-fiction, this reads every bit as excitingly as any of his fiction accounts. Fast paced, thrilling, insightful, with great descriptions of the excitement and dangers of finding a 'lost' city that had not been visited in 500 years. A great account' Buzzfeed. 'A grippingly told and reassuringly grown-up account of the discovery of an ancient ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Lost City of the Monkey God


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