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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
So I have finished this. At times it was a bit of a chore to keep going, that is when it read like a textbook for the history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas. On the other hand it was nice to have such a detailed picture painted of events and of the major players involved, and all the interesting tidbits of color.
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Originally Posted by issybird
It was the longest 500-page book I've ever read; not that it was difficult, as Hemming's clear exposition presented no problems, but it was what I can only describe as dense. A slow read and deep immersion. I'm glad that others thought it was worth the effort. I never would have gotten to it if it were not the club selection and I'm deeply grateful. A world-expander.
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I finished it yesterday (I had been distracted mid way through by other books) and the thoughts above capture mine pretty well - extremely glad to have read it, but I did find it slowgoing at time. I have nothing to add to the comments already made above, bar from the fact that really helped me reflect further on this book!