Cusco Golden City - Inca Empire Trilogy (Part 2)

Author: Anthony B. Daniel
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: After being published in France, this book topped the LIVRESHEBDO literary bestseller list for seventeen consecutive weeks. It is the first collaborative work by three internationally renowned experts on Inca civilization in France: Anthony Houdou, who is both a publisher and a writer; Béatrice Huet, an expert in Inca civilization, dedicated to the study of South American culture since 1978; and Jean-Daniel Palerma, a historian and writer whose historical novels have won him the Chande Prize. The three experts used the joint pen name Anthony B. Daniel. The book consists of three parts: "The Sun Princess," "The Golden City of Cusco," and "The Light of Machu Picchu," each with approximately 230,000 words.
In the early 16th century, the Inca Empire reached its peak, with its territory centered around modern-day Peru, extending south to the central part of Chile, and north to most of Ecuador, Bolivia, and a portion of northwestern Argentina. The empire spanned 4,000 kilometers north to south and covered over 2 million square kilometers, with a population of over 6 million, making it the most powerful empire in the Americas, hence earning the nickname "the Rome of the New World." The Incas were thus called "the Romans of the New World."
In the mid-16th century, Spanish colonizers arrived in South America, led by Pizarro. The Inca Empire collapsed rapidly due to the invasion by the Spanish colonizers. This book narrates the rise and fall of the Inca Empire in a literary manner, making it an excellent read for those interested in understanding the ancient Inca civilization.