Ancient Americas Incas and Aztecs - Top Non Fiction and Fiction
Explore the best fiction and non-fiction books on the Ancient Americas, Incas, and Aztecs. Discover captivating stories, historical accounts, and must-read titles for history buffs and adventure lovers alike.
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Lost City of the Incas
by Hiram Bingham
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. In 1911 Hiram …
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Aztec
by Gary Jennings
The epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and …
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The Conquest of the Incas
by John Hemming
This compelling, authoritative account removes the Incas from the realm of prehistory and legend to show the reality of their struggle against the Spanish invasion.
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The Last Days of the Incas
by Kim MacQuarrie
Documents the epic conquest of the Inca Empire as well as the decades-long insurgency waged by the Incas against the Conquistadors, in a narrative history …
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A Sacred Landscape
by Hugh Thomson
From the lines of the Nasca to the temple-cult of Chavin and the great pyramids of the coast, many of the extraordinary cultures of ancient …
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Conquistador
by Buddy Levy
In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire …
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Cradle of Gold
by Christopher Heaney
In 1911, a young Peruvian boy led an American explorer and Yale historian named Hiram Bingham into the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Hidden …
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1491 (Second Edition)
by Charles C. Mann
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in …
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A Land So Strange
by Andrés Reséndez
The extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century In 1527, a mission set out from Spain to colonize …
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The White Rock
by Hugh Thomson
With the backdrop of the Andes mountains, Thomson's intoxicating history of the Inca people and their heartland is a thrilling mix of information and adventure. …
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The Ice Maiden
by Johan Reinhard
This book takes armchair adventurers and archaeological enthusiasts not only to the excavation, but back through Peruvian history as it revisits the 1995 discovery of …
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Aztec Autumn
by Gary Jennings
After the Aztec empire falls to the Spaniards, a young Aztec named Tenamaxtli begins recruiting from among his fellow survivors of the Conquest to once …
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The Broken Spears
by LEON-PORTILLA, MIGUEL
For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the …
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Skull Rack
by Ron Braithwaite
"Tells of two religious figures revising the Mexican Conquest story. De la Pena, Spanish Inquisitor-General, has Mendoza, captured Jesuit historian, revise his book as de …
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Hummingbird God
by Ron Braithwaite
The sequel to Skull Rack (Oct. 2007), Hummingbird God continues the tale of Rodrigo de la Pena and Enrique Mendoza, two men of God reliving …
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The Seven Serpents Trilogy
by Scott O'Dell
Follows Jesuit seminarian Julian Escobar in the New World as he witnesses the enslavement and exploitation of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas by Spanish conquerers.