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Patria

By Laurence Blair

Patria

By Laurence Blair

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An adventurous, dazzling and original history of South America's forgotten past and unexpected afterlife'An unputdownable delight' JON LEE ANDERSON'A magnificent contribution to the Latin American canon' MARIE ARANA'Erudite, pacy and brilliant' SOPHY ROBERTS'Constantly surprising and always enticing' HARRIET RIXPatria tells an alternative history of South America, spanning thousands of miles and five centuries to the present. Looking beyond modern borders, Laurence Blair takes as his waymarks nine countries that can't be found on a map: vanished realms, half-imagined utopias and dismembered homelands. Blair's journey ranges from ancient Amazonian city-states and a rebel Inca dynasty in the jungle - via a Brazilian Wakanda that defied slavery, Bolivia's landlocked navy and the Patagonian power that defeated the Spanish - to the African freedom fighters who marched over the Andes, and the New World Napoleon who led Paraguay to its ruin. Groundbreaking recent scholarship, striking archaeological discoveries and vivid eyewitness reporting - including encounters with drug lords, Indigenous leaders, refugees and former guerrillas - weave a story of survival, resistance and revolution, restoring South America to the centre of world history.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
2025-07-10
Publication Date:
2025-07-10
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529931703
ISBN13:
9781529931709
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
310 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
191 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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