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Novelist and historian RONALD WRIGHT is the award-winning author of ten books published in 16 languages and more than 40 countries. A Short History of Progress, his CBC Massey Lectures, won the Libris Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year and inspired Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Surviving Progress. Wright's first novel, A Scientific Romance, won Britain's David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and the Sunday Times. His acclaimed works Cut Stones and Crossroads, Time Among the Maya, and Stolen Continents are now available as Penguin Modern Classics. Online: www.ronaldwright.com
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A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion in sixteenth-century Peru, of slaves and conquerors, and above all, an enduring love that must withstand the forging of a formidable empire
Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders. He becomes an indispensable translator between the two worlds, who must learn political gamesmanship in order to survive and so that he can one day find the love of his life and be reunited with his family.
Based closely on real historical events, The Gold Eaters draws on Ronald Wright's expert knowledge of sixteenth-century South America, as well as his imaginative ability to bring to life an unforgettable epoch and a world forged anew from violence and upheaval.