History of the Conquest of Peru
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: October 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 705
ISBN-13: 9780679603047
Subjects: American history; Pizarro, Francisco; South America - History; History - General History; History: World; Peru; Latin America - South America; History / General; Conquest, 1522-1548; History
Description: Originally published in 1847, History of the Conquest of Peru, a companion volume to William H. Prescott's masterly History of the Conquest of Mexico, continues his vivid chronicle of Spanish exploits in the New World. The book's commanding vision of Pizarro's tumultuous overthrow of the Inca empire has secured its reputation as a classic in the literature of Latin American history.
Notes: Modern Library