The Conquest of the Incas - Softcover

Hemming, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156223007 ISBN 13: 9780156223003

Publisher: Harcourt, 1973

Synopsis

This monumental work of history removes the Incas from the realm of legend and shows the reality of their struggles against the Spanish invasion. Winner of the 1971 Christopher Award. Index; photographs, maps, and line drawings.

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From the Back Cover

Distinguished by an extraordinary empathy, a feeling of one s way into the minds of the sixteenth-century Spaniards and Indians . . . Provocative. "New York Times"
An extraordinary book. Combining rigorous historical research and profound analysis with stylistic elegance, this work allows the reader to appreciate the tragic and fabulous history of the Incan empire in all its richness and diversity. It reads like the most skillful novel. Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature
In 1532, the magnificent Inca empire was the last great civilization still isolated from the rest of humankind. "The Conquest of the Incas" is the definitive history of this civilization s overthrow, from the invasion by Pizarro s small gang of conquistadors and the Incas valiant attempts to expel the invaders to the destruction of the Inca realm, the oppression of its people, and the modern discoveries of Machu Picchu and the lost city of Vilcabamba. This authoritative, wide-ranging account, grounded in meticulous research and firsthand knowledge and told from the viewpoints of both protagonists, keeps all the complex issues to the fore . . . the deeper wonder of the conquest and the deeper horror of its results ("Washington Post").
The bible for historians and archaeologists studying the final days of the Inca. For the past thirty years, "The Conquest of the Incas" has remained the most influential book for Inca scholars. There is no other book which is even in the same class. Brian S. Bauer, professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, leading archaeologist of the Inca"

About the Author

John Hemming was Director of the Royal Geographic Society in London from 1975 to 1996. He has travelled throughout Peru and much of Amazonia on a series of surveying and environmental research expeditions, often in unexplored forests. He has probably visited more indigenous tribes than any other non-Brazilian, including four at the time of their first contact. In addition to The Conquest of the Incas, his sixteen books include Monuments of the Incas, The Search for El Dorado, a three-volume history of Brazil’s indigenous peoples (Red Gold, Amazon Frontier, Die If You Must) and Tree of Rivers. For this work, Peru honored him with the El Sol del Perú award and the grand cross of the Order of Merit; Brazil gave him the Order of the Southern Cross; and Britain, the Order of St Michael and St George. He has a D. Litt doctorate from Oxford, and other honorary doctorates and fellowships. John Hemming is also chairman of a company publishing trade magazines and organizing trade exhibitions, and a trustee of various charities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0156223007
• ISBN 13: 9780156223003
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 672