The Last Days of the Incas Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Kim MacQuarrie
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
118

The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie Book Summary

The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.

In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a huge force of Inca warriors at the Battle of Cajamarca. Despite being outnumbered by more than two hundred to one, the Spaniards prevailed—due largely to their horses, their steel armor and swords, and their tactic of surprise. They captured and imprisoned Atahualpa. Although the Inca emperor paid an enormous ransom in gold, the Spaniards executed him anyway. The following year, the Spaniards seized the Inca capital of Cuzco, completing their conquest of the largest native empire the New World has ever known. Peru was now a Spanish colony, and the conquistadors were wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

But the Incas did not submit willingly. A young Inca emperor, the brother of Atahualpa, soon led a massive rebellion against the Spaniards, inflicting heavy casualties and nearly wiping out the conquerors. Eventually, however, Pizarro and his men forced the emperor to abandon the Andes and flee to the Amazon. There, he established a hidden capital, called Vilcabamba—only recently rediscovered by a trio of colorful American explorers. Although the Incas fought a deadly, thirty-six-year-long guerrilla war, the Spanish ultimately captured the last Inca emperor and vanquished the native resistance.

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Book Name The Last Days of the Incas
Genre Latin American History
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Language English
E-Book Size 5.37 MB

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Last days of the inca. Well researched book. Dispels many myths of the conquest by the Spanish. Great read.

Vivid Andean History. Well worth reading as a compliment to a visit to the Peruvian Andes. Macquarie ties together many stories of the Inca region, Cusco, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu and onward downriver and to the northwest of this area. In fact, it ties together Lima and much of the rest of modern day Peru turning sightseeing into an education (really a wonderful way to travel). Politics, history, culture, cartography, cuisine, language wrapped up into a gift for the wanderer.

A sad but fascinating story. I read the printed version of this book and it was beautifully written and riveting. It tells a story of how several dozens of Spaniards vanquished a huge and mysterious empire. the characters are drawn vividly and the sequence of events are hard to put down the book. Some chapters are difficult to read due to the hopelessness and misery of the Inca people. If you are a history buff you will mightily enjoy reading it.

Informative book. I read this book before visiting Cusco and Machu Picchu. It gave me such a great understanding and appreciation of the Incas. Much better than any of our tour guides. They should read it !

Last days of the Incas. The book presented a wealth of knowledge and was well researched !

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The The Last Days of the Incas book written by Kim MacQuarrie was published on 29 May 2007, Tuesday in the Latin American History category. A total of 118 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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