The Last Days of the Incas - Hardcover

MacQuarrie, Kim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074326049X ISBN 13: 9780743260497

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2007

Synopsis

Documents the epic conquest of the Inca Empire as well as the decades-long insurgency waged by the Incas against the Conquistadors, in a narrative history that is partially drawn from the storytelling traditions of the Peruvian Amazon Yora people. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Author:

A Kiriyama Prize "Notable Book" and a History Book Club and Military Book Club selection

From the Back Cover:

"This is a wonderful book about one of the most epic struggles of history, a conquest that transformed a continent."

--Wade Davis, Anthropologist and Explorer-in-Residence, National GeographicSociety, and author of "One River."....................................................

"A colorful, superbly crafted historical narrative that masterfully demonstrates that when cultures collide, unforeseen and tragic consequences follow...also a memorable adventure story, revealing the modern Indiana Jones-type characters that unearthed, and continue to discover, lost partsof the Inca Empire. "The Last Days of the Incas" is historical writing at its best."

--Broughton Coburn, author of "Everest: Mountain Without Mercy".................................................

"'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 world."

--Keith Bellows, Editor in Chief, National Geographic Traveler................................................

"The story of the European conquest of the fascinating and fabulously rich empire of the Incas is one of history's most engaging and tragic episodes...Thanks to "The Last Days of the Incas," Kim MacQuarrie's superbly written new treatment of the subject, it is now accessible to the much broader audience it deserves."

--Vincent Lee, author of "Forgotten Vilcabamba."

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 074326049X
• ISBN 13: 9780743260497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 522