Conquistadores Fernando Cervantes Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Named A Book Of The Year 2020 By Sunday Times Literary Supplement Tablet And Lady\ This Is Terrific Read I Could Not Put It Down\ Matthew Restall Reviewthe \ Conquistadores\ Early Explorers Settlers Spanish America Have Become Stuff Legends Nightmares In Their Own Time They Were Glorified As Heroic Adventurers Spreading Christian Culture Helping To Build An Empire Unlike Any World Had Ever Seen Today Stand Condemned For Cruelty Exploitation Men Who Decimated Ancient Civilizations Aztecs Incas Carried Out Horrific Atrocities Pursuit Gold Glory Conquistadores Mexican Historian Fernando Cervantes Cuts Through Layers Myth Fiction Immerse Reader Late-Medieval Imperialist Unfamiliar Us Indigenous Peoples New Themselves Drawing Upon Wide Range Sources Including Diaries Letters Chronicles Treatises Reframes Story Conquest Set Against Political Intellectual Landscape From Which Its Main Actors Emerged At Heart Are Whose Epic Ambitions Moral Contradictions Defined Era Columbus Cortés Pizarro Beyond We Think Know Come Alive Thought-Provoking Illuminating Account Period That Irrevocably Altered Course History Enlightening Makes Fascinating Reading\ Jude Webber Financial Σελίδες: 512 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm