{"product_id":"history-of-the-conquest-of-william-h-prescott-9780815410041","title":"History of the Conquest of Mexico \u0026 History of the Conquest of Peru","description":"One of America's greatest and most highly regarded historians, William Hickling Prescott set a lofty literary standard for historical writing with his books on Spain's emperors and explorers. Prescott avoided the dry, names-and-dates style of standard histories and instead brought the past alive, telling with drama and vigor the stories of the men who came face to face with the unknown, and the numerous brushes with death they survived as they carved out an empire in the New World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of the Conquest of Mexico \u0026amp; History of the Conquest of Peru\u003c\/i\u003e unites in one volume for the first time two of Prescott's best known and most powerful works. The books detail with accuracy and emotional resonance the arrival of Spain's conquerors to Mexico and Peru, and the wars of conquest whose outcomes remain the cause of contention even in the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of the Conquest of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on Hernan Cortés, a notary from Spain's Extremadura region, arriving at the edge of the Aztec empire with 500 men, determined to spread Christianity and enlarge the domain of Charles V of Spain. Within the space of a few years Cortés found himself fending off rivals from Spain and warring against enraged Aztecs, against whose superior numbers Cortés struggled against the odds to maintain his garrisons. Prescott's biographer Harry Thurston Peck called \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Conquest of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e \"one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConquistadors Pizarro and Almagro are the protagonists of \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Conquest of Peru\u003c\/i\u003e. Prescott tells of their brutal overthrow of the Incas, and the wars between the two of them afterward. Another of Prescott's biographers, Donald G. Darnell, called the book, \"an immensely readable history.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a wealth of documentation as raw material, Prescott turned this blend of viewpoints into a heroic and tragic epic of Spain's efforts to dominate Central and South America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Histories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William H. Prescott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815410042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815410041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cooper Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.63w x 2.28d","brand":"William H. Prescott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47036568174847,"sku":"9780815410041","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04d08e2c-2dec-4304-92b7-db2418aa69f6.jpg?v=1752637969","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-the-conquest-of-william-h-prescott-9780815410041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}