The History Of The Conquest Of Peru Author:William H. Prescott William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) wrote History of the Conquest of Peru with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas, which was published in 1847. It is a classic historical work detailing the subjugation of the Incan empire by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and the colonization of Peru in the sixteenth century.