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The Last Days of the Incas
Kim Macquarrie
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Description for The Last Days of the Incas
Paperback. The haunting story of the destruction of a magnificent civilisation Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers. In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a ... Read more
The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers. In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749929930
SKU
V9780749929930
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About Kim Macquarrie
Kim MacQuarrie is a writer and filmmaker and fellow of the New York Explorers Club who has lived in Peru for over five years. MacQuarrie has made three films on the Peruvian Amazon in the region of Vilcabamba, including 'Spirits of the Rainforest', an Emmy-winning documentary.
Reviews for The Last Days of the Incas
A welcome addition to the literature ... Lively and dramtic WASHINGTON POST Fascinating and enthralling ... Truly a work worth Inca gold HISTORY MAGAZINE The Last Days of the Incas surprises, delivers history, and reads like a great yarn. I've read yards of books on the Incas but this one took me out of the classroom and into that long-lost ... Read more