Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold

Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold

The transporting account of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a competition with Spanish conquistadors for the legendary city’s treas…

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