The Resource Civilizations, Laurent Binet ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
Civilizations, Laurent Binet ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
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- Summary
- An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history. Freydis is a woman warrior and leader of a band of Viking explorers setting out to the south. They meet local tribes, exchange skills, are taken prisoner, and get as far as Panama. But nobody ultimately knows what became of them. Fast forward five hundred years to 1492 and we're reading the journals of Christopher Columbus, mid-Atlantic on his own famous voyage of exploration to the Americas, dreaming of gold and conquest. But he and his men are taken captive by Incas. Even as their suffering increases, his faith in his superiority, and in his mission, is unshaken. Thirty years later, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, arrives in Europe in the ships stolen from Columbus. He finds a continent divided by religious and dynastic quarrels, the Spanish Inquisition, Luther's Reformation, capitalism, the miracle of the printing press, endless warmongering between the ruling monarchies, and constant threat from the Turks. But most of all he finds downtrodden populations ready for revolution. Fortunately, he has a recent bestseller as a guidebook to acquiring power--Machiavelli's The Prince. The stage is set for a Europe ruled by Incas and Aztecs, and for a great war that will change history forever
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Note
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- Originally published in French in 2019 by Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, France, as Civilizations
- "A novel"--Jacket cover page 1
- Isbn
- 9780374600815
- Label
- Civilizations
- Title
- Civilizations
- Statement of responsibility
- Laurent Binet ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history. Freydis is a woman warrior and leader of a band of Viking explorers setting out to the south. They meet local tribes, exchange skills, are taken prisoner, and get as far as Panama. But nobody ultimately knows what became of them. Fast forward five hundred years to 1492 and we're reading the journals of Christopher Columbus, mid-Atlantic on his own famous voyage of exploration to the Americas, dreaming of gold and conquest. But he and his men are taken captive by Incas. Even as their suffering increases, his faith in his superiority, and in his mission, is unshaken. Thirty years later, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, arrives in Europe in the ships stolen from Columbus. He finds a continent divided by religious and dynastic quarrels, the Spanish Inquisition, Luther's Reformation, capitalism, the miracle of the printing press, endless warmongering between the ruling monarchies, and constant threat from the Turks. But most of all he finds downtrodden populations ready for revolution. Fortunately, he has a recent bestseller as a guidebook to acquiring power--Machiavelli's The Prince. The stage is set for a Europe ruled by Incas and Aztecs, and for a great war that will change history forever
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 11001385
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Binet, Laurent
- Dewey number
- 843/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- In English; translated from the French
- LC call number
- PQ2702.I57
- LC item number
- C5813 2021
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Taylor, Sam
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Incas
- Atahualpa
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Label
- Civilizations, Laurent Binet ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
- Note
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- Originally published in French in 2019 by Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, France, as Civilizations
- "A novel"--Jacket cover page 1
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1227086517
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374600815
- Lccn
- 2021015723
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1227086517
- Label
- Civilizations, Laurent Binet ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
- Note
-
- Originally published in French in 2019 by Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, France, as Civilizations
- "A novel"--Jacket cover page 1
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1227086517
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374600815
- Lccn
- 2021015723
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1227086517
Subject
- trueRevolutions
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Atahualpa, -1533 -- Fiction
- trueCapitalism
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 -- Fiction
- trueColonialism
- trueInca (South American people)
- trueIncas
- Incas -- Europe -- Fiction
- trueRulers
- trueVikings
- trueWar
- trueWarriors
- Alternative histories
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