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The Last Days Of The Incas

Author: Kim MacQuarrie  

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The haunting story of the destruction of a magnificent civilisation

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The haunting story of the destruction of a magnificent civilisation

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In 1572 the Spanish sacked Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold, and the city was rapidly overtaken by the jungle, receding for hundreds of years into legend and myth. This is the story of how Vilcabamba was founded and how the Incas held out against the Spanish for over 30 years in a savage guerrilla war. Hundreds of years later, at the turn of this century an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, stumbled on the ruins of Machu Pichu and announced to the world that he had found Vilcabamba, the lost city of the Incas.

For fifty years the academic world agreed with him until in 1967 another American explorer discovered the real Vilcabamba... This is the biography of a city - through history, myth, legend, literature, exploration and archaeology.

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Critic Reviews

“The Last Days of the Incas surprises, delivers history, and reads like a great yarn. I've read yards of books on the Incas but this one took me out of the classroom and into that long-lost world.”

A welcome addition to the literature... Lively and dramtic - WASHINGTON POST

Fascinating and enthralling ... Truly a work worth Inca gold - HISTORY MAGAZINE

- Keith Bellows, Editor in Chief, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER

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About the Author

Kim MacQuarrie is a writer and filmmaker and fellow of the New York Explorers Club who has lived in Peru for over five years. MacQuarrie has made three films on the Peruvian Amazon in the region of Vilcabamba, including 'Spirits of the Rainforest', an Emmy-winning documentary.

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In 1572 the Spanish sacked Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold, and the city was rapidly overtaken by the jungle, receding for hundreds of years into legend and myth. This is the story of how Vilcabamba was founded and how the Incas held out against the Spanish for over 30 years in a savage guerrilla war. Hundreds of years later, at the turn of this century an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, stumbled on the ruins of Machu Pichu and announced to the world that he had found Vilcabamba, the lost city of the Incas.For fifty years the academic world agreed with him until in 1967 another American explorer discovered the real Vilcabamba... This is the biography of a city - through history, myth, legend, literature, exploration and archaeology.

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group | Piatkus Books
Published
2nd October 2008
Pages
544
ISBN
9780749929930

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