{"product_id":"patria-9781847924698","title":"Patria","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn adventurous, dazzling and original history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating present to life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** A\u003ci\u003e FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2024 **\u003cbr\u003e''Romantic, adventurous and thrilling ... remarkable''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA work of scholarship [and] descriptive flair' \u003c\/b\u003eOliver Balch, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatria \u003c\/i\u003etells an alternative history of South America, spanning thousands of miles and five centuries to the present. Looking beyond modern borders, Laurence Blair takes as his waymarks nine countries that can't be found on a map: vanished realms, half-imagined utopias and dismembered homelands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlair's journey ranges from ancient Amazonian city-states and a rebel Inca dynasty in the jungle  via a Brazilian Wakanda that defied slavery, Bolivia's landlocked navy, and the Patagonian power that defeated the Spanish  to fall in with the African freedom fighters who marched over the Andes, and the New World Napoleon who led Paraguay to its ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGroundbreaking recent scholarship, striking archaeological discoveries and vivid eyewitness reporting  including encounters with drug lords, Indigenous leaders, refugees and former guerrillas  weave a story of survival, resistance and revolution, restoring South America to the centre of world history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An unputdownable delight'' \u003c\/b\u003eJON LEE ANDERSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Constantly surprising and always enticing'' \u003c\/b\u003eHARRIET RIX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470247891287,"sku":"9781847924698","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781847924698.jpg?v=1744897789","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/patria-9781847924698","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}