The Inca Princesses

Tales of the Indies

By: Stuart Stirling

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Paperback | 13 November 2003

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Stuart Stirling tells the history of the Inca princesses
and of their conquistador lovers and descendants. The
story begins with the early days of Pizarro's conquest at
Cajamarca in the 1530s, when the emperor Atahualpa gifted
his young sister wife Quispe Sis Huaylas to Pizarro. This
was the beginning of the distribution and rape of the
princesses among the conquistadors - a practice which was
in many ways a distillation of the tragedy of the Spanish
colonization of the Americas. The detailed human stories
of the princesses bring to life the world of the Incas
and their conquerors and shed new light on the darker
corners of colonial history.

Industry Reviews

The glorious deeds of men like Cortes and Pizarro are legend. Their brave expeditions to South America and their conquests are stirring stuff indeed. But, in this unique book, Stuart Stirling reveals a darker side to the story. How the Inca civilisation suffered a holocaust at the hands of men intent on wealth and booty. How Inca princesses were turned into Spanish concubines and how the Inca dynasty itself was degraded and finally rendered extinct. Evidence of the brutality of the conquest is scattered throughout this book; how smallpox vied with malnutrition and slavery to decimate a subject population. But Stirling focuses on the Inca princesses and allows their story to represent the havoc wrought on the Inca world. He deploys a wealth of fascinating sources to reveal a truth left out of accounts by conquistadors themselves. The rape, slavery and abuse of the Inca royal family stand testament to Spain's ignoble treatment of a defeated people. (Kirkus UK)

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Acknowledgements	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Map of Peru	p. x
The Galleons of Seville	p. 1
The Kingdom of the Snow Mountains	p. 21
The Marquis of Las Charcas	p. 36
The Nephews of Dona Ines	p. 39
The Child Empress	p. 44
The River of the Holy Ghost	p. 47
The Old Soldier	p. 54
The Haunting	p. 81
The Requiem	p. 87
The Blind Man of La Mota	p. 89
The Emperor's Daughter	p. 98
The Mestizo Prince	p. 117
The Bride of Santa Clara	p. 127
The Lost Treasure	p. 133
The Sacristan of Cordoba	p. 138
The Last of the Conquistadores	p. 142
The Torture of Dona Catalina	p. 157
The Bishop's Legacy	p. 160
The Imperial City	p. 164
The Prisoner of Cusco	p. 180
The Last Inca	p. 188
Chronology	p. 195
Genealogy
Children of the Emperor Huayna Capac	p. 198
Concubines	p. 199
Glossary and Place Names	p. 200
Notes	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 217
Index	p. 222
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