World without end : the global empire of Philip II
Thomas, Hugh, 1931-2014
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Following 'Rivers of Gold' and 'The Golden Age', 'World Without End' is the conclusion of a magisterial three-volume history of the Spanish Empire. It tells the story of life in a conquered territory that stretched from Cuba to Peru, and of the final conquests of the greatest empire that the world had then seen since the fall of Rome 1,000 years before. By the time of Philip II's death - and after his startling decision, made in his final years, not to invade China - the attentions of the colonists, clergymen, sailors, soldiers and officials of the Spanish Empire were no longer turned to its expansion: their focus, instead, became its management. These were the decades in which modern history began.
Main title:
World without end : the global empire of Philip II / Hugh Thomas.
Author:
Thomas, Hugh, 1931-, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2014.
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781846140839 (hbk)
Dewey class:
980.013
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2061942
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