Download Audiobook The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann in English

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A grand thriller reaching again centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines world wide. A quest for reality that results in dying, insanity or disappearance for individuals who search to unravel it. The Misplaced Metropolis of Z is a blockbuster journey narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle cover of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker author David Grann got down to resolve “the best exploration thriller of the twentieth century”: What occurred to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Misplaced Metropolis of Z?In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to search out an historic civilization, hoping to make one of the vital necessary discoveries in historical past.For hundreds of years Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle hid the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Hundreds had died in search of it, leaving many scientists satisfied that the Amazon was actually inimical to humankind. However Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped encourage Conan Doyle’s The Misplaced World, had spent years constructing his scientific case. Fascinating the creativeness of tens of millions, Fawcett embarked together with his 21-year-old son, decided to show that this historic civilization, which he dubbed “Z”, existed. Then he and his expedition vanished.Fawcett’s destiny, and the tantalizing clues he left behind about “Z”, grew to become an obsession for tons of who adopted him into the uncharted wilderness. For many years scientists and adventurers have looked for proof of Fawcett’s celebration and the misplaced Metropolis of Z. As David Grann delved ever deeper into the thriller surrounding Fawcett’s quest, and the larger thriller of what lies inside the Amazon, he discovered himself, just like the generations who preceded him, being irresistibly drawn into the jungle’s “inexperienced hell”. His quest for the reality and his beautiful discoveries about Fawcett’s destiny and “Z” type the center of this complicated, enthralling narrative.