Le long remord de la conquête
Subtitle: Manille-Mexico-Madrid : l'affaire Diego de Ávila, 1577-1580
By: Romain Bertrand
Publisher: Seuil
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9782021174663
Subjects: History; Colonies; Discovery and exploration; Religious aspects; Catholic Church
Description: A young child possessed by demons, two complicit Indian servants, a Spanish governor who borders on the sadistic, corrupt conquistadors, the brothers of the order of St. Augustine ... These are the characters of Bertrand's dense and captivating portrait of Spanish expansion and the Philippines in the 1570s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-545) and index.