باتريا | البلدان المفقودة في أمريكا الجنوبية

[Patria| The Lost Countries of South America](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/807803/patria-by-laurence-blair/9781529931709) | An extraordinary adventure in the epic history of South America. “Absolutely brilliant” - Dominic Sandbrook . “A captivating journey rich in knowledge...a masterpiece in a literary blend” -Alice Albinia. “Unending fun” -John Lee Anderson. “A wonderful addition to the literary heritage of Latin America” - Mary Arana. *\Winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn Prize\.* In this sweeping exploration of the continent's forgotten past, Lawrence Blair makes his journey landmarks in nine off-the-map countries: fleeting kingdoms, half-imagined utopias, and torn lands. Transcending modern borders, he travels to each one - on foot and horseback, by train and river - to weave an epic of survival, resistance and revolution. Blair's journey spans five centuries and thousands of miles, from the ancient civilizations of the Amazon...to the rebel Incas in the jungles of Peru, through the Brazilian Wakanda that defied slavery, the blockading Bolivian navy, the might of Patagonia that defeated the Spanish Empire, all the way to the African freedom fighters who crossed the Andes from Argentina, and the New World Napoleon who led Paraguay to its ruin. This is the story of South America as it has rarely been told: at the heart of global history and the cradle of the formation of the modern world.