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The Conquest of the Incas
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John Hemming
The definitive history of the fall of the Incan empire Praised as the finest account of the end of Incan empire since W. H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Peru, this monumental explanation of the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion removes the Incas from the realm of legend and describes their battles against forces led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Drawing upo...more
Paperback, 672 pages
Published
August 4th 2003
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published July 9th 1970)
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I just read this. I was actually reading another book at the time and heard of this from an article or documentary. I was inspired to write a song about the Spanish invasion of the Peruvian empire. I had read a book a couple years ago about Hernando de Soto and his explorations into North America. It covered his career in the Peruvian conquests, which had made him famous in Spain for his daring exploits. But the book did not cover the whole Incan period of that conquest nearly enough. This...more
Reads sometimes like a textbook but eventually answers almost every question you can ask about why the few Spanish were able to overtake the Inca empire. Fascinating and heartbreaking.
bloody and detailed tale of the demise of the incan empire. much cooler for me than might be for others, because i was in the places the book was describing when i read it.
About half way through and got overwhelmed with information.
Jason Golomb
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THE book on the Spanish in Peru
Amazing book. Just a wonder how the Spanish were able to dominate this land, the volume of gold and silver; the description of the looting of the Inca capital is heartbreaking.
Anya
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Started reading this in Peru, and it's fascinating. Especially fun to read while wandering through the places where the battles took place.
Really comprehensive survey of the first Spanish explorers impact on the Incan Empire. Maybe too much detail for some.
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Spanish conquest of the Incas!
Mark
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A few chapters in. Started to read while on vacation in NH, found on my brother's bookshelf. Very sad book. Just finished reading the sack of the Inca capital, and how the Spanish melted all the Inca gold & silverfigures--a loss to the world forever. The event belongs to the museum of the stupidity of the human race...
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