For a century and a half the Jesuits gathered the Guaraní of the Paraguay and Paraná rivers into mission towns, governing them in a system that admirers called a Christian commonwealth and enemies called a tyranny. Cunninghame Graham, who rode across the region as a young man, tells their story through to the expulsion of 1767.
Ironic, vivid history from the Scottish adventurer and writer, and an inspiration for the film The Mission. Download the free EPUB.