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In a series of episodes as fantastic as any fiction, a powerful civilization crumbled at the hands of a small band of warriors. Written by one of America's great historians, this gripping chronicle draws upon the firsthand accounts of eminent sixteenth-century captains and statesmen to relate the overthrow of the Inca empire by the Spanish adventurers under Pizarro's command. Author William H. Prescott's immensely readable narrative crackles with...
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La aparición de una nueva edición del libro de Prescott siempre es novedad bibliográfica por tratarse de una obra de presencia obligada en los anaqueles de la biblioteca de toda persona con gusto por la historia, y sigue siendo lectura sugerida para aquel lector en busca, sobre todo, de un libro legibilísimo, divertido y ágil, más que de una obra que cumpla con la doxografía científica contemporánea.
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William H. Prescott está considerado de forma unánime como el historiador norteamericano más importante del siglo xix, sus obras sobre la conquista de México y Perú forman parte de la bibliografía esencial de cualquier persona interesada en la historia. Su estilo colorido y ameno, relatando las escenas principales con descripciones dramáticas y ricos detalles, su forma de entender la psicología de los personajes históricos, tanto de los conquistadores...