Only a fictional narrative can allow events of global import to become experiences of personal significance. The personal implications of historical trauma tend to go unnoticed in academic history. But in this fictional account of the conquest of Peru and the Incan Empire, he is able to add an emotional and spiritual dimension which is not evident in the bare facts of a population, or a people, or a civilisation devastated by the invasion. Ronald Wright’s previous non-fiction historical summary of the European invasion of America, Stolen Continents, is a compelling revision of the standard myths of the civilising effects of white culture.
There’s a reason to read good historical fiction. He becomes an indispensable translator between the two worlds, who must learn political gamesmanship in order to survive and so that he can one day find the love of his life and be reunited with his family.īased closely on real historical events, The Gold Eaters draws on Ronald Wright’s expert knowledge of sixteenth-century South America, as well as his imaginative ability to bring to life an unforgettable epoch and a world forged anew from violence and upheaval. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders. Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history’s throes. A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion, of slaves and conquerors, and above all, an enduring love that must overcome the forging of an empire.
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