{"id":861,"date":"2010-01-22T23:09:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T22:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewhiterock.co.uk\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2012-04-27T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T10:29:16","slug":"reviews-of-the-white-rock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thewhiterock.co.uk\/?page_id=861","title":{"rendered":"Reviews of The White Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Time and again he brings the Incas to life as real people.
\n<\/span>Matthew Parris, \u2018<\/em>A Good Read\u2019, Radio 4<\/em><\/p>\n

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Probably the most enjoyable and intelligent travel book to be written on South America in the last 20 years<\/span>
\nMichael Jacobs, author of Andes<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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A record of one man\u2019s obsession with the Incas over a period of 20 years: an obsession that led him to search out (and in one case discover) Inca ruins in the most inaccessible places, far beyond the reach of tourists.
\n<\/span>Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph <\/em><\/p>\n

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It is the mixture of historian, traveller and film-maker that makes The White Rock<\/em> come alive as few other books about South America have done.
\n<\/span>Ulick O\u2019Connor, Sunday Independent<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0So entertaining and appealing is Thomson’s story of his exploration of the Inca empire that readers will wish they could take off and follow in his footsteps\u2026.. Thomson’s wit, eye for detail and reverence for humanity set him apart from the average travel-adventure writer – he is as good a companion as a traveller could hope for.
\n<\/span>Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

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The White Rock<\/em> is a gem of a book, an intelligent, balanced and indeed original look at the empire of the Incas, told from what we know of them historically and what we can see in their strange and magnificent ruins in the towering, jungle-clad mountains of Peru that tumble down into the Amazon basin.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/em>L A Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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A riveting account of South American exploration and Peruvian culture, full of unforgettable stories and amazing facts.
\n<\/span>The Bookseller<\/em><\/p>\n

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One of the strongest debuts I have read for a while.
\n<\/span>Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thomson\u2019s account of his travels through the Inca heartlands weaves geographical, spiritual, personal and historical strands to an effect as rich and vivid as a Peruvian shawl.<\/span>
\nJuliet Clough, Daily Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thomson has a great ability to find both local colour and a human heart in characters who, to other eyes, might be merely ridiculous or dull\u2026 I’ll look forward to all his future stories if they’re even half as well told, as vivid and funny and human, as this one.<\/span>
\nAlan Peter Ryan, Washington<\/em> Post<\/em><\/p>\n

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In The White Rock<\/em>, the whole continent becomes a plot with suspense and a cast of outrageous characters…This is Bruce Chatwin with cojones<\/em>.\u00a0 More than that, it is a micro-allegory of the saga of fantasy, bravado, conquest, and the frustration that is the collective narrative of the Inca hunters.
\n<\/span>Andy Martin, The Independent<\/em><\/p>\n

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It is Thomson\u2019s generosity of spirit which stands out and makes this a great book.\u00a0 He presents a faithful description of Inca history and of life in modern-day Peru, while presenting fascinating pen portraits of those figures involved in the decline of the Incas and in the revival of interest in their lost world.\u00a0 It is a work that is both accessible and academically rigorous.
\n<\/span>Isabel Cockayne, Eastern Daily Press<\/em><\/p>\n

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Engrossing\u2026.\u00a0 the sort of book that fires the armchair traveller with a desire to follow in its author’s footsteps, not just because it is passionate about its subject and immensely well informed about the Inca empire (and its destruction by the Spanish) but also because it tells of some quite heroic exploration by Thomson himself.
\n<\/span>Geoffrey Moorhouse New York Times Book Review.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A New York Times Notable Book<\/em><\/p>\n

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