336 pages, well illustrated (many in color), map, cloth, dj little frayed otherwise very good. From the dj: In this book the celebrated novelist, Hammond Innes, puts to the service of history the incomparable narrative gifts that make him one of the great story tellers of our day. He brings his mastery of the narrative of adventure to the retelling of one of the most extraordinary episodes in the annals of the Western hemisphere - the conquest of Mexico and Peru by a handful of Spanish soldiers of fortune, the collapse of two mighty empires, Aztec and Inca, before the ruthless determination of Cortes and Pizarro.

CONQUISTADORS MEXICO PERU CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA HISTORY INCAS