{"product_id":"the-lost-city-of-z","title":"The Lost City of Z","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398540668\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN GRISHAM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. \u003cb\u003eThey vanished without a trace\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle, trying to find evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this \u003cb\u003espellbinding true tale of lethal obsession\u003c\/b\u003e, David Grann retraces the footsteps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of the greatest mysteries of exploration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A \u003cb\u003ewonderful story \u003c\/b\u003eof a lost age of heroic exploration’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Marvellous ... An engrossing book \u003cb\u003ewhose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best story in the world\u003c\/b\u003e, told perfectly’ \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A \u003cb\u003efascinating and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e book’ Malcolm Gladwell","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS PUB","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41578996236421,"sku":"PR404927","price":41.6,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNY4BJRSD8XB.jpg?v=1775854157","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-lost-city-of-z","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}