The Incas: A Novel"Daniel Peters has done a prodigious amount of work in reconstructing the history of one of the most interesting peoples inhabing the Americas, and one of the least known, the Incas of Peru. Using this knowledge brilliantly, he has written a beautiful, tragic, heroic account of their last years, from 1511 to 1530, when these superior Indians were overwhelmed by their Spanish conquerors. It is written with beauty and compassion--an amazing accomplishment and a compelling reading experience"--James A Michener. |
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... shrugged . " That is only what some people call them , because of the legend . They came in a boat made of logs , and the fishermen who saw it say it looked like a house that floated on the water . It went away again and no one has seen ...
... shrugged . " That is only what some people call them , because of the legend . They came in a boat made of logs , and the fishermen who saw it say it looked like a house that floated on the water . It went away again and no one has seen ...
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... shrugged . " I am merely expressing my surprise , my lord . There is no reason for anyone to have me followed . My purpose here is plain : I am waiting to participate in the ceremony of mourning , and then I will go back to Tumi- bamba ...
... shrugged . " I am merely expressing my surprise , my lord . There is no reason for anyone to have me followed . My purpose here is plain : I am waiting to participate in the ceremony of mourning , and then I will go back to Tumi- bamba ...
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... shrugged with a kind of stubborn satisfaction . " We simply told him our guests will be accorded the generosity they have learned to expect from the Inca . " As the men murmured their approval , Cusi found himself recalling Quiz- quiz's ...
... shrugged with a kind of stubborn satisfaction . " We simply told him our guests will be accorded the generosity they have learned to expect from the Inca . " As the men murmured their approval , Cusi found himself recalling Quiz- quiz's ...
Contents
Guides | 29 |
Origin People A D 1512 | 57 |
The Grass Man A D 1512 | 85 |
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Acapana akha Alco Amaru Apu Poma arms asked Atauhuallpa awning house battle-ax began bowed breath bundle Cahua Cañaris Carangui Chachapoyas Challcochima Chan Chan Chimor Chimpu Ocllo chin Chiriguanos Chuqui cloth coca courtyard Coya Cusi felt Cusi Huaman Cusi's Cuzco doorway earplugs eyes face father feel feet Fempellec front gave gestured glanced hand head healer heard huaca Huallpa Huaman Cachi Huascar Huayna Capac Inti knew laughed litter llamas Lloque Lloque Yupanqui looked lord Mama Cocha Mama Cori Mama Huarcay Mama Quilla mamacona Micay Micay's mother murmured Ninan Ninan Cuyochi nodded ñustas Pachacuti Parihuana Perhaps Quespi Quilaco Quinti Quito Quizquiz Raurau Illa realized Rimachi Sapa Inca seemed shoulder shrugged side silence Sinchi smile speak spear spirit brother spoke stared stone stopped suddenly Tarapaca tell thought Tocto told Tomay Topa Tumibamba tunic turned Urcon Uritu voice waiting walked wall warriors woman women Yasca Yupanqui