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Title	:	House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City
Author	:	Tahir Shah
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	July 18th 2005 by John Murray (first published 2004)
Categories	:	Travel. Nonfiction

House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City

Tahir Shah

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 126 Users | 16 Reviews

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In 1572, the Spanish Conquistadors stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba in Peru, searching for great golden treasure, only to find the city deserted, burned, and already stripped of its wealth. A legend says that the Incas had retreated deep into the jungle, where they built another magnificent city in an inaccessible quarter of the cloud-forest. And for more than four centuries explorers and adventurers, archaeologists and warrior-priests, have searched for the gold and riches of the Incas, and this lost city of Paititi, known by the local Machiguenga tribe as 'The House of the Tiger King'. decade, he could stand it no more. He put together an expedition and set out into Peru's Madre de Dios jungle, the densest cloud forest on Earth. He teams up with a Pancho, a Machiguenga warrior who asserts that in his youth he came upon a massive series of stone ruins deep in the jungle. Pancho's ambition was to leave the jungle and visit a 'live' bustling city so the two men make a pact: if Pancho takes Shah to Paititi, then he will take Pancho to the Peruvian capital. Here is the tale of Shah's remarkable adventure to find the greatest lost city of the Americas, and the treasure of the Incas. Along the way he considers others who have spent decades in pursuit of lost cities, and asks why anyone would find it necessary to mount such a quest at all.

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Original Title:	House of the Tiger King
ISBN:	0719566126 (ISBN13: 9780719566127)
Edition Language:	English

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Jungle ballerinas, who have become a chain saw gang, felling the environment that gives them life as fast as they can.House of the Tiger King.If you like Victorian explorers or `The Worst Journey In the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard', you might like the House of The Tiger King.A journey couched in pain: rain like knives, dengue fever, inedible food, raw feet, aching muscles and other people's loads. AND beset by the hostility any real exploration is likely to generate.See Apsley Cherry-Garrard:

A sordid and most excellent tale.This is a book I read very quickly . Just like Tahir's other books . I found this tale gripping and very entertaining. It is a fascinating look at exploration which is a rare thing in the 21 century. A great book.

I enjoy Tahir Shah's book, and this one is no exception. In a return to Peru (he previously wrote the Trail of Feathers about his last journey here), Shah becomes obsessed with Paititi - the Incan stronghold in the Cloud Forest. It was here that the Inca supposedly fled after abandoning Vilcabamba to the Spanish Conquistadors in 1572, taking with them their hoard of gold. Paititi, of course remains undiscovered despite the attention of many previous explorers. There are many versions of the Lost

Cutting one star for not finding it :)

How everyone would like to journey into the darkest jungle of South America... with ex US army aide, and locals who are duped into thinking that pot noodles have aphrodisiac properties, using a dighy bought from the equivalent of Friday Ad. Exploring on a low budget for the mythical city in El Madre de Dios...

This is breathtaking true tale of leadership in the midst of jungle. Tahir not only is able to lead his motley expedition through the wilderness, hes also able to tell a great tale. I loved the book. It really excited my imagination.