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This is a presentation of the history of the Conquest, reminiscent of John Hemming's "The Conquest of the Inca's", but with the extra twist of allowing the reader to follow in the Author's footsteps as he retraces in person the journey of the Conquistadors and the ensuing reactions of the Inca's.
I loved this book. A year after returning from my first visit to the country I was suddenly transported back there and feel like I have been shown a new slant on a much documented subject - surely this means I have to go back now!!
The author is modest. He acknowledges that luck played a large role in his successful find of Llactapata. First discovered by the legendary explorer Henry Bingham in 1911...(but he was never able to find it again.) Hence it was lost for over a half century until the remarkable discovery by the young tenderfoot from England. Moreover, Thomson playfully admits in the early portion of the text that luck was evident throughout his humble early beginnings in Peru.
The author took twenty years to write this book and provides a seasoned eye to help the reader understand why the Inca build where they did. I was particularly impressed with the meticulous research from beginning to end of this book. To this end, the text has a scholarly quality to it but Thomson's irreverant writting style keeps the narrative lively. Overall, Thomson brilliantly manages to document the Inca people's dramatic civilization and the terrible annihilation of the vast empire by the 16th century Spanish Conquistadors. Recommended.
Bert Ruiz
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