Summary
Michael Wood’s bestselling history of the Spanish conquest of South America, available for the first time in paperback
The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the ‘New World’, and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance.
In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846079726 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846079721 |
| Author: | Michael Wood |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | BBC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Michael Wood
For more than 20 years, historian and broadcaster Michael Wood has made compelling journeys into the past, which have brought history alive for a generation of readers and viewers. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, In Search of England and In Search of Shakespeare. He has over 80 documentary films to his name, among them Art of the Western World, Legacy, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, Conquistadors and In Search of Myths and Heroes.
Michael was born in Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College Oxford, where he did post-graduate research in Anglo-Saxon history. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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