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In his long and distinguished career as a historian, hugh thomas has tried to restore the spanish to their place in world history, for better or worse. Hugh thomas is the awardwinning author of numerous books. Booktopia has world without end, the global empire of philip ii by hugh thomas. There has always been a certain reluctance, among the englishspeaking peoples, to acknowledge their predecessors in european empirebuilding in other parts of the world. Financial times a vivid climax to hugh thomas s threevolume history of imperial spain.
The final installment of thomass trilogy after rivers of gold and the golden empire completes his overview of spains golden ageera conquests in the americas and asia. But the dramatic human story of the extraordinary projection of spanish might in the second half of the sixteenth century has never been fully tolduntil now. Thomas completed his trilogy in 2014 with world without end. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The global empire of philip ii 01 by hugh thomas isbn. Hugh thomas, who has died aged 85, did not know any spanish.
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Description world without end by hugh thomas the spanish empire was the greatest the world had seen since rome. This final volume of hugh thomas s acclaimed trilogy describes how. The global empire of philip ii hardcover by hugh thomas hugh thomas author 4. At the heart of this book are the territories of the west indies including florida, new spain mexico and the yucatan but also including some of. Awardwinning british historian thomas the golden empire. He won the somerset maugham award and the arts council prize for history. World without end 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 following rivers of gold and the golden age, world without end is the conclusion of a magisterial threevolume history of the spanish empire. Following rivers of gold and the golden age, world without end is the conclusion of a magisterial threevolume history of the spanish empire by hugh thomas, its foremost worldwide authorityworld without end is the climax of hugh thomas.
The first volume, rivers of gold, almost 700 pages long, was published in 2004. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read world without end. When it became clear we were all going to be shut in for months by coronavirus, i ordered his other books about spain, rivers of gold, the golden empire. Spain, philip ii, and the first global empire ebook written by hugh thomas. This final volume of hugh thomas s acclaimed trilogy describes how conquistadores, viceroys, nobles, inquisitors and priests ran a vast global empire stretching from the americas to the philippines, in an extraordinary epic of war, riches and religion. The guardian one of the most productive and wideranging historians of modern times.
Any one who has read one of his books knows that there will be wealth of references to people and places and quotes, all in spanish. In the empire stakes, the anglosaxons were for long spains. World without end is the third in a trilogy on sixteenthcentury spain and its empire and the latest in a notable and influential series of books. Lord thomas of swynnerton obituary history books the guardian. 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. World without end, the global empire of philip ii by hugh. Spain, philip ii, and the first global empire aug 11, 2015. 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 threevolume history of the spanish empire from one of the most productive and wideranging historians of modern times the new york times book. Hugh thomas world without end the global empire of philip ii is the final part of an engrossing threevolume history of the spanish empire. Following rivers of gold and the golden age, world without end is the conclusion of a magisterial threevolume history of the spanish empire by hugh thomas, its foremost worldwide authority world without end is the climax of hugh thomas.
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