A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon.

After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century": What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z?

In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history.

For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped inspire Conan Doyle's The Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions, Fawcett embarked with his 21-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization, which he dubbed "Z", existed. Then he and his expedition vanished.

Fawcett's fate, and the tantalizing clues he left behind about "Z", became an obsession for hundreds who followed him into the uncharted wilderness. For decades scientists and adventurers have searched for evidence of Fawcett's party and the lost City of Z. As David Grann delved ever deeper into the mystery surrounding Fawcett's quest, and the greater mystery of what lies within the Amazon, he found himself, like the generations who preceded him, being irresistibly drawn into the jungle's "green hell". His quest for the truth and his stunning discoveries about Fawcett's fate and "Z" form the heart of this complex, enthralling narrative.

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Durée

10 heures et 4 minutes
Auteur

David Grann
Narrateur

Mark Deakins
Date de sortie sur audible

24 février 2009
Langue

Anglais
Éditeur

Random House Audio
ASIN

B01CV4OEA4
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Version intégrale
Type de programme

Livre audio
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Durée	10 heures et 4 minutes
Auteur	David Grann
Narrateur	Mark Deakins
Date de publication sur Audible.fr	24 février 2009
Éditeur	Random House Audio
Type de programme	Livre audio
Version	Version intégrale
Langue	Anglais
ASIN	B01CV4OEA4
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Isab

Excellent!

Commenté en France le 8 octobre 2015

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Non seulement pour le résumé des diverses expéditions, mais aussi parce qu'il décrit la naissance et l'activité de la Royal Geographical Society. Et c'est bien écrit. C'est parce que j'avais lu " Exploration Fawcett" avant que j'ai voulu lire "The lost city of Z", donc il est possible que l’intérêt soit d'autant plus grand qu'on est familiarisé avec le sujet.

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Très bien recherché

Commenté en France le 16 septembre 2017

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Très bien recherché. Divertissant. Des longueurs vers la fin mais c'est un livre bien documenté avec beaucoup d'informations sur l'Amazonie du passé conme du présent. Les récits des explorateurs sont fascinants.

Commenté en France le 16 juillet 2019

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A fascinating story of a man who went to the end of his quest and dream.

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triton

un grand livre d'aventur

Commenté en France le 12 janvier 2018

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le rêve fou d'un homme qui rêve de découvrir une civilisation disparue, au fond de la jungle, et c'est un récit extraordinairement prenant.

Commenté en France le 19 avril 2018

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Livre très agréable et très bien documenté, se lit presque comme un roman. Permet de se plonger dans la vie des hommes courageux qui se sont se aventurés à la découverte des tribus reculées de l’Amazonie au début du 20eme siècle

Commenté en France le 2 janvier 2012

Une aventure exceptionelle, une histoire VRAIE incroyable. Je recommande mille fois !!!! A tous ceux qui rêvent d'expéditions et en même d'une bonne leçon d'humanité.

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Sarah-Lou

Two treasure hunts in one

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 24 mai 2017

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This was like reading about two treasure hunts rolled into one.
The Lost City of Z recounts how Percy Fawcett, his son and his son's friend set off into the Amazon rainforest in 1925 to find the City of Z, or El Dorado. Fawcett was an experienced and seasoned explorer with incredibly physical and mental resilience against the climate, diseases, bugs and animals the Amazon greeted him with. However, he and his two companions disappeared and despite several search parties, was never heard from again. Rumors were rife as to their fate (death by starvation, murdered by an Amazon tribe, killed by animals, living with an Amazonian community and even existing in a type of parallel universe) but none fully substantiated.
With unprecedented access to Fawcett's private letters, journals and maps, the author, David Grann, sets out on his own treasure hunt to try and find out what happened to Fawcett and whether or not he did find Z- the city of legend. Grann did not only dig in libraries and archives, but went to the Amazon, himself, attempting to find Fawcett's trail. Not an easy feat, as Fawcett kept his exact path secret, hoping to make sure he was not pipped to the post by rival explorer Dr Rice.
Grann's descriptions of the Amazon and the hardships of the landscape actually take you there. You feels his frustration when he hits dead ends.
This does not feel like reading from a history book. Grann alternates Fawcett's journey with his own and also provides background as to why Fawcett felt the need to go on this quest and several before. A great read.

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Sallee

Stick with it!

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 6 juillet 2017

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As a complete layman (I thought it was a novel) I almost gave up reading when I realized it was a more complex book than that. I persevered and then got into the 'rythm' of the ' who was who'. I wish I had read this interesting and inspiring book when I was a youngster. I (at 73) have never been remotely interested in this subject - until now. I have some catching up to do.

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timballoo

Great story

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 26 juin 2017

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I loved the story and I think it is well told. It's slightly predictable format of paralleling the author's journey with that of Percival Fawcett but it is such a great story that it doesn't really matter. The research is thorough and the writing evokes place and time very well. The consequences of Fawcett's decisions and actions aren't always explored. He seems to be a character that goes on when others falter and that is their hardship to deal with. I found him to be an interesting if not sympathetic character. I suspect that we will always be left with the feeling that there is more to know.

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Boot-Boy

Tantalising...

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 11 décembre 2011

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In 1925 an English explorer called Percy Harrison Fawcett took his son and his son's best friend into the Amazon jungle in search of the legendary El Dorado, Fawcett's Lost City of Z. The three men were never seen again. Whether they were eaten by cannibals or killed by wild animals or were simply swallowed up in the green hell of the Amazon no-one will ever know, though scores of people have subsequently died in attempts to establish what actually happened. Deservedly shortlisted in 2009 for the Samuel Johnson Prize, American journalist David Grann's rivetting account of Fawcett's obsessive life-long quest for an ancient civilization first reported by Spanish conquistadores is a thoroughly engrossing mix of history, biography and derring-do adventure. If I have a gripe it's that the print size of this edition is miniscule and that the index references appear to be out by a couple of pages, but this in no way detracts from what stands as a gripping, well-researched and thought-provoking read right up to its last tantalising chapter.

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Paddington

Perfectly judged book

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 4 février 2010

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A real gem this, and my favourite book of 2009. An absolutely perfect book for those lovers of adventure and old romance, and any who feel that giddy 'grip' on the imagination when they think of El Dorado, conquistadors, clouds of poison darts, perilous rope bridges and cities of gold. I dare say any with a passing interest in South America would also greatly enjoy it. That continent interested me about as much as a bucket of beige paint, but after this wonderful book I have sought out as many books and articles about it as I could - everything from William H. Prescott to Hiram Bingham. None, as yet, have quite satisfied the fascination aroused here - certainly not so wholly as Grann manages to.

Interweaving the modern-day investigations of the author, and the historic efforts of British explorer Col Fawcett to find the Lost City of Z, it is a compelling, fascinating read. A wonderful mixture of old and new. May the author turn his attentions to other such men who walked off the edge of the map and, if they found not the empires of wonder they aimed for, nevertheless mightily enlarged the hearts and fancies of man and boy alike for ages after.

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