<P><B>The definitive history of the fall of the Incan empire</B></P> <p> </P> <p>Praised as the finest account of the end of Incan empire since W. H. Prescott's History of the <I>Conquest of Peru</I>, this monumental explanation of the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion removes the Incas from the realm of legend and describes their battles against forces led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Drawing upon rediscovered sources and a first-hand knowledge of the Incan terrain, Hemming vividly describes post-conquest Peru and the Incan resistance to fully integrating into Spanish society. With maps, line drawings, and twenty-four pages of photography, <I>The Conquest of the Incas</I> is an intimately researched and evocative history of one of the world's most fascinating civilizations that refutes many misconceptions about how the Incas were defeated.