The Last Days of the Incas

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Kim MacQuarrie

Kim MacQuarrie lived in Peru for five years and became fascinated by the Incas and the history of the Spanish conquest Drawing on both native and Spanish chronicles, he vividly describes the dramatic story of the conquest, with all its savagery and suspense This authoritative, exciting history is among the most powerful and important accounts of the culture of the South American Indians and the Spanish Conquest. New Read Kindle ePUB The Last Days of the Incas By Kim MacQuarrie – kino-fada.fr As a Peruvian I feel really sorry for what happened at that time It looks that I am a kind of witness when reading this bookThank you Mr MacQuarrie I can picture each scene Also, the books makes me reflect of how the Inca empire was affected deeply by this gang, I believe it was because the empire was divided in many ways for power Spaniards were lucky finding a place like this Racism, killing, stealing, lying were their heritage left, among others Three centuries later, it is interest As a Peruvian I feel really sorry for what happened at that time It looks that I am a kind of witness when reading this bookThank you Mr MacQuarrie I can picture each scene Also, the books makes me reflect of how the Inca empire was affected deeply by this gang, I believe it was because the empire was divided in many ways for power Spaniards were lucky finding a place like this Racism, killing, stealing, lying were th...This is a very well researched, very well written history book about a period and culture I knew very little about the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in South America Though I would not go so far as to say it read like a novel, certain parts did, especially when the author was creating a hook to introduce the next series of events I understand he s an Emmy award winning documentarian, so he knows how to tell a story If the author ever decides to adapt this book into film, the protagon This is a very well researched, very well written history book about a period and culture I knew very little about the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in South America Though I would not go so far as to say it read like a novel, certain parts did, especially when the author was creating a hook to introduce the next series of events I understand he s an Emmy award winning documentarian, so he knows how to tell a story If the author ever decides to adapt this book into film, the protagonist will be Manco Inca He was just a teenager when Francisco Pizarro and his crew arrived in what is now Peru, and after treacherous dealings that ended in the execution of Manco s older brother, the ruling emperor, the Spaniards appointed Manco successor, thinking he would...The Last Days of the Incas is a terrifically readable history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas and Peru Whereas John Hemming s Conquest of the Incas is the definitive modern history, MacQuarrie brings to bear anarrative and engaging approach.Last Days is historically thorough, but MacQuarrie writes many of the incidents of the conquest in afictional style Often scenes are are qualified with comments like Undoubtedly, Pizarro felt such and such, or No doubt Manco looked out o The Last Days of the Incas is a terrifically readable history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas and Peru Whereas John Hemming s Conquest of the Incas is the definitive modern history, MacQuarrie brings to bear anarrative and engaging approach.Last Days is historically thorough, but MacQuarrie writes many of the incidents of the conquest in afictional style Often scenes are are qualified with comments like Undoubtedly, Pizarro felt such and such, or No doubt Manco looked out over the valley, etc Once one accepts the speculative commentary for what it is, it shouldn t be bothersome, and isthan made up for by the narrative flow.The story of the conquest is well known Pizarro co swoop into Peru with only a handful of fully a...This is a fascinating, epic 22 hours on audio history of the invasion of the Spanish conquistadors into the Andes in the early 16th century It s chilling to learn details of the conquest of the Incan empire The Spaniards, led by the 5 Pizarro brothers, initially came in minuscule numbers, and were often outnumbered in their battles by factors of 10,000 to 1 orBut they slaughtered the natives with impunity, rarely suffering casualties They had horses, armor, and steel innovations This is a fascinating, epic 22 hours on audio history of the invasion of the Spanish conquistadors into the Andes in the early 16th century It s chilling to learn details of the conquest of the Incan empire The Spaniards, led by the 5 Pizarro brothers, initially came in minuscule numbers, and were often outnumbered in their battles by factors of 10,000 to 1 orBut they slaughtered the natives with impunity, rarely suffering casualties They had horses, armor, and steel innovations that made them almost impervious to the primitive weapons of the Incans.The ostensive motivation of the conquerors was to convert the pagans to Christianity But as the author describes slaughter, dismemberment, executions, rape, torture, and other atrocities, there s not much Christianity apparent The incredible greed for gold and silver is muchobvious the plundering and melting down of almost every one of the precious cultural artifact...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here view spoiler Bettie s Books hide spoilerI read a fair amount of history but the ancient peoples of Central and South America are some of my blindspots This may not have been the best place to start since the book, obviously, deals with the end of the Incas but I did learn quite a few facts that have piqued my interest in what led up to their demise as an empire.Seems the Incas were actually conquerors themselves and made up a very small minority of the actual population They had defeated all the surrounding tribes and were considere I read a fair amount of history but the ancient peoples of Central and South America are some of my blindspots This may not have been the best place to start since the book, obviously, deals with the end of the Incas but I did learn quite a few facts that have piqued my interest in what led up to their demise as an empire.Seems the Incas were actually conquerors themselves and made up a very small minority of the actual population They had defeated all the surrounding tribes and were considered the elite of the empire There was a battle for succession raging in the Incan empire just as the Spaniards arrived talk about bad timing.The Spaniards were led by Fransisco Pizzaro who hailed from an impoverished, rural, backward area of Western Spain called Extremadura Interesting fact about the area, many of the great conquistadors came from this area, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, De Soto and Cortes all came from this same general location Signing on...After reading a library copy, bought copies both for myself and gifts to others.Awesome read I grew up hearing all kinds of things about Cortes conquering the Mexica or Aztecs The stories of Tenochtitlan and the fighting on its causeways were amazing But I really knew very little about Pizzaro and the Inca If the Mexica were basically a loose conglomeration of city states, the Inca were a world class empire stretching for over a thousand miles down the Andes and even over the mountains into the rainforest As pure story, the Spanish saga with the Inca makes that of th Awesome read I grew up hearing all kinds of things about Cortes conquering the Mexica or Aztecs The stories of Tenochtitlan and the fighting on its causeways were amazing But I really knew very little about Pizzaro and the Inca If the Mexica were basically a loose conglomeration of city states, the Inca were a world class empire stretching for over a thousand miles d...A great book for anybody planning a trip to Peru, especially those who will make the journey to Cuzco and Machu Picchu This history book tells the story of both the Spanish conquest of the Incan Empire, as well as the history of the archaeologi...In September 2010, we visited Peru, the Sacred Valley, Cusco, and in particular Machu Picchu the so called Lost City of the Incas It was a wonderful trip, and piqued my curiosity enough to want to learn something of the history of how the Conquistadors Conquerers in Spanish defeated the Incas, an empire of approximately 10 million, with only 160 Spaniards I looked for a book that would be interesting, informative, and not too dry, and found this book I just finished reading it a few In September 2010, we visited Peru, the Sacred Valley, Cusco, and in particular Machu Picchu the so called Lost City of the Incas It was a wonderful trip, and piqued my curiosity enough to want to learn something of the history of how the Conquistadors Conquerers in Spanish defeated the Incas, an empire of approximately 10 million, with only 160 Spaniards I looked for a book that would be interesting, informative, and not too dry, and found this book I just finished reading it a few days ago, and can highly recommend it I was never much into history because my only exposure to it as a 14 16 year old in school in England I found dry, boring and uninteresting memorizing dates, kings, wars, battles and the like was never high on my list of likes This book, unlike others I was exposed to, drew me in and maintained my attention I knew that the Conquistadors were brutal in their conquest, but this book shows how brutal they were very , and also how deceitful both to the Inca ac...

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26 June 2018

Kim MacQuarrie