9780812998115 - World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire von Thomas, Hugh (9 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Random House, 2014. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Empire and building on five centuries of scholarship, World Without End is the epic conclusion of an unprecedented three-volume history of the Spanish Empire from ?one of the most productive and wide-ranging historians of modern times? (The New York Times Book Review). The legacy of imperial Spain was shaped by many hands. But the dramatic human story of the extraordinary projection of Spanish might in the second half of the sixteenth century has never been fully told?until now. In World Without End, Hugh Thomas chronicles the lives, loves, conflicts, and conquests of the complex men and women who carved up the Americas for the glory of Spain. Chief among them is the towering figure of King Philip II, the cultivated Spanish monarch whom a contemporary once called ?the arbiter of the world.? Cheerful and pious, he inherited vast authority from his father, Emperor Charles V, but nevertheless felt himself unworthy to wield it. His forty-two-year reign changed the face of the globe forever. Alongside Philip we find the entitled descendants of New Spain?s original explorers?men who, like their king, came into possession of land they never conquered and wielded supremacy they never sought. Here too are the Roman Catholic religious leaders of the Americas, whose internecine struggles created possibilities that the emerging Jesuit order was well-positioned to fill. With the sublime stories of arms and armadas, kings and conquistadors come tales of the ridiculous: the opulent parties of New Spain?s wealthy hedonists and the unexpected movement to encourage Philip II to conquer China. Finally, Hugh Thomas unearths the first indictments of imperial Spain?s labor rights abuses in the Americas?and the early attempts by its more enlightened rulers and planters to address them. Written in the brisk, flowing narrative style that has come to define Hugh Thomas?s work, the final volume of this acclaimed trilogy stands alone as a history of an empire making the transition from conquest to inheritance?a history that Thomas reveals through the fascinating lives of the people who made it.Praise for World Without End ?Readers will not find a more reliable guide to the maturing Spanish Empire. . . . World Without End reminds us that the far-flung Spanish Empire was the work of many minds and hands, and by the end their myriad stories carry a cumulative charge.??The New York Times Book Review?A sweeping, encyclopedic history of the arrogance, ambition, and ideology that fueled the quest for empire.??Kirkus Reviews ?Literary power is a vital part of a great historian?s armoury. As in his earlier books, Thomas demonstrates here that he has this in abundance.??Financial Times ?A vivid climax to Hugh Thomas?s three-volume history of imperial Spain.??The Telegraph ?Thomas clearly excels in the Spanish history of religion, politics, and culture, [and] successfully shows that Spain?s global ambition knew no bounds.??Publishers Weekly; Onderstrepingen, markeringen in de marge en aantekeningen met potlood.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 496 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Very good.