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Prescott’s Histories: The Rise and Decline of the Spanish Empire

Prescott’s Histories: The Rise and Decline of the Spanish Empire Selected and Edited and with a Biographical Introduction by Irwin R. Blacker. The Four Great Histories which constitute William Hickling Prescott’s life’s work and his enduring claim to fame cover the rise and incipient decline of the Spanish Empire. By selecting the essential passages, Mr Blacker presents, for the first time in one volume, Prescott’s work in all its sweep and vivid detail as a continuous, highly readable story. Ferdinand and Isabella sets the stage, with the stabilization of Spain to the point where exploration becomes possible, and with the impetus given to explorers by the King and Queen. In The Conquest of Mexico Cortes takes the stage in the famous scenes of intrigue, battle, conquest, defeat, and reconquest. The Conquest of Peru continues the march of empire into the South America of the Incas, to the accompaniment of strife between Pizarro and his partner. With Philip II the heights of empire are reached and the consequences come home. Yet, in the midst of the sorry spectacle of imperial grandeur turning into paper bureaucracy, there blazes up the splendid figure of Don John of Austria, whose defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto furnishes one of the most vivid and memorable scenes in all of Prescott’s work. There is also a biographical introduction describing Prescott’s life and works.

Features;

• Publisher The Viking Press, Inc, New York; 1963
• Grey Cloth Hardback, 568 pp
• Contains a couple of black and white illustrated maps
• Size 218 x 145mm, 975g

Condition: Very Good – Good Unclipped Dust Jacket Worn at Edges, No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy

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