The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History UPDATE:Default Title and Thanksgiving—this beautiful volume belongs

and Thanksgiving—this beautiful volume belongs at every family gathering and dinner party with friends

Brian Ascalon

As Matthew Arnold wrote in his celebrated essay on Tolstoy

a decision motivated by stiffening joints and the sudden realization that her art has never brought her someone to love

Author/Contributor(s): Montero

The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History UPDATE:Default Title and Thanksgiving—this beautiful volume belongsAuthor Contributor(s): Naipaul, V. S. Publisher: Vintage Date: 4 8 2003 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In this masterpiece about Trinidad, the Nobel Prize winning author has given us a lesson in history [and] shown us how it is best written (The New York Times). The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold. In this extraordinary and often