The World of the Inca Author:Bertrand Flornoy The World of the Inca is a clear and exciting chronicle of the mysterious Inca empire of the sixteenth century which recounts not only the drama of Pizarro's conquest but goes deep into the origins of Inca civilization. Flornoy, explorer, archaeologist, and historian, explains how this fabulous Indian nation, at once sophisticated in its learni... more »ng and wealth and strangely primitive in its social taboos and religious myths, fell prey to a handful of Spanish adventurers with insatiable appetites for gold.....« less