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En av årets största succéböcker i USA – snart som film av Martin Scorsese med Leonardo DiCaprio
»Årets hittills bästa bok.«Entertainment Weekly
»Ett underverk av detektivartad research och berättarförmåga.« Financial Times
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death…
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle’s novel The Lost World, was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Sanna berättelser Sjöfartshistoria
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Sanna berättelser Sjöfartshistoria
’The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail… one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read’ Guardian
’The greatest sea story ever told’ Spectator ’A cracking yarn… Grann’s taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression here’…
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION **SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO**
’A riveting true story of…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Sanna berättelser Sjöfartshistoria
’The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail… one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read’ Guardian
’The greatest sea story ever told’ Spectator
’A cracking yarn… Grann’s taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression here’…
**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER**
’A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’JOHN GRISHAM
The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle’s The Lost World
Fawcett was among the last of a legendary…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an…
By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER
As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, ’If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of…