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Author:

MacQuarrie, Kim.

Title:

The last days of the Incas / Kim MacQuarrie.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xv, 522 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.
Vilcabamba Site (Peru)

Notes:

Originally published: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Donated by Graceland History Club, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-495) and index.

Contents:

Machu Picchu, Vilcabamba, and the search for the lost cities of the Andes. A few hundred well-armed entrepreneurs -- Supernova of the Andes -- When empires collide -- A roomful of gold -- Requiem for a king -- The puppet king -- Prelude to a rebellion -- The great rebellion -- Death in the Andes -- The return of the one-eyed conqueror -- In the realm of the Antis -- Vilcabamba : guerrilla capital of the world -- The last of the Pizarros -- The Incas' last stand -- The search for the "lost city" of the Incas -- Vilcabamba rediscovered -- Epilogue : Machu Picchu, Vilcabamba, and the search for the lost cities of the Andes.

ISBN:

9780743260503 (pbk.)
0743260503 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)231402000

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)