The gold eaters
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2015.
Format
Book
Status
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Conquerors -- Peru -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Fiction.
Explorers -- South America -- Fiction.
Incas -- Fiction.
Insurgency -- South America -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548 -- Fiction.
Pizarro, Francisco, -- approximately 1475-1541 -- Fiction.
South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Fiction.
South America -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Fiction.
Explorers -- South America -- Fiction.
Incas -- Fiction.
Insurgency -- South America -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548 -- Fiction.
Pizarro, Francisco, -- approximately 1475-1541 -- Fiction.
South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Fiction.
South America -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2015.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm
Street Date
1509.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion, of slaves and conquerors, and above all, an enduring love that must overcome the forging of an empire. Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders. He becomes an indispensable translator between the two worlds, who must learn political gamesmanship in order to survive and so that he can one day find the love of his life and be reunited with his family. Based closely on real historical events, The Gold Eaters draws on Ronald Wright's expert knowledge of sixteenth-century South America, as well as his imaginative ability to bring to life an unforgettable epoch and a world forged anew from violence and upheaval"--,Provided by publisher.