In ‘Civilizations,’ Inca Emperor Atahualpa Conquers 16th-Century Spain

Civilizations, by Laurent Binet

Laurent Binet seems to genuinely want to know to what extent conquest and the cruelty it inevitably produces are reducible, redeemable, or escapable. He also plainly wants to play around.

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Laurent Binet seems to genuinely want to know to what extent conquest and the cruelty it inevitably produces are reducible, redeemable, or escapable. He also plainly wants to play around.