PARADISE OF THE DAMNED: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold

The true story of Sir Walter Raleigh, a confidant to Queen Elizabeth, and, before long, El Dorado fanatic. Charting his obsessive search for El Dorado, providing not only an invaluable history but also a gripping narrative of traveling to the ends of the earth only to realize, too late, that what lies at home is the greatest treasure of all. Illus.