by William Hickling Prescott · Barnes and Noble · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781435113473
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«History of the Conquest of Peru» is the history book by William Hickling Prescott, published by Barnes and Noble in paperback (686 pages, in English).
A classic nineteenth-century work that examines Inca civilization before the arrival of the Spanish and narrates the conquest of Peru by Francisco Pizarro up to the establishment of colonial rule. Prescott combines the military account with an analysis of Andean society and its protagonists.
The original text was published in 1847. The present edition dates from 2008 and is part of the Library of Essential Reading collection.
For readers interested in South American history and the legacy of the Spanish empire.
William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th-century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory, also called "photographic memory".
