ABSTRACT
The Conquistadors (1954) examines the discovery of the New World of South America and the spread from the Caribbean islands of adventurers in search of gold. Through sword and fire and torture they found gold, and in the process destroyed the great civilisations of Mexico and Peru.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|82 pages
Master Christopher the Unlucky or a World Discovered by Mistake
part Two|124 pages
Hernando Cortés or the Return of the White God
part Three|64 pages
Francisco Pizarro in Peru or War in the Land of Inca Communism
part Four|89 pages
Monks Versus Captains or the Conquistadors on Trial
