Arms edit coat of arms of hugh thomas, baron thomas of swynnerton. Hugh thomas world without end the global empire of. Written in the brisk, flowing narrative style that has come to define hugh thomass work, the final volume of this acclaimed trilogy stands alone as a history of an. Thomas writes admiringly, spain controlled the largest collection of territories the world had seen since the fall of the roman empire. Great book from hugh thomas but excruciatingly poor narration. There has always been a certain reluctance, among the englishspeaking peoples, to acknowledge their predecessors in european empirebuilding in other parts of the world. Hugh thomas unearths the first indictments of imperial spains labor rights abuses in the americasand the early attempts by its more enlightened rulers and planters to address them. 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.
Random house publishing group, aug 11, 2015 history 496 pages. See all books authored by hugh thomas, including the slave trade. 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 s great history of the spanish empire in the americas. Jul 03, 2014 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 hugh thomas haftad 9780141034478 bokus. Hugh thomas 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 s great history of the spanish empire in the americas. The global empire of philip ii, by hugh thomas a history of the spanish empire asks us to reconsider a complex legacy share on twitter opens new window. In world without end, hugh thomas stakes a claim for one more. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hugh thomas books list of books by author hugh thomas. 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 sinc.
Hugh thomas s rivers of gold is a far better book but it deals with more interesting stuff the subjection and conquest of the spanish new world this book takes up where rivers of gold left off. Hugh thomas completes an absorbing trilogy that tells the story of the creation of the worldwide spanish empire in. Ken follett and john lee, the author and narrator of pillars of the earth and world without end, are back together again for fall of giants, the first in the century trilogy. World without end is the climax of hugh thomas s great history of the spanish empire in the americas.
Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Hugh thomas tells a good story, and he has a very good story to tell. As in his earlier books, hugh thomas demonstrates here that he has this in. Spain, philip ii, and the first global empire thomas, hugh. Jul 03, 2015 world without end is the climax of hugh thomas s great history of the spanish empire in the americas. 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 s great history of the spanish empire in.
World without end book johnson county library bibliocommons. 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. Conquest, cuba, rivers of gold, charles v, this is my. May 10, 2017 hugh swynnerton thomas was born on oct. The story of the atlantic slave trade 1440 1870, and conquest. Aug 11, 2015 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. Jan 14, 2016 hugh thomas is right to include the phrase global empire in the title of world without end, his grand piece of spanish imperial history. World without end, hughthomas shop online for books in. World without end spain, philip ii, and the first global empire book.
It describes the conquest of paraguay and the river plate, of the yucatan in mexico, the only partial conquest of chile, and battles with the french over florida, and then, in the 1580s, the extraordinary projection of spanish power across the. Spain, philip ii, and the first global empire by hugh thomas 3. This is the story of the new world after the conquistadors, it is fascinating. 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 s great history of the spanish. It describes the conquest of paraguay and the river plate, of the yucatan in mexico, the only partial conquest of chile, and battles with the french over florida, and then, in the 1580s, the extraordinary. Hugh thomas world without end the global empire of philip. World without end the global empire of philip ii book. More significantly, it describes how the spanish ran the greatest empire the world had seen since rome as well as conquistadores, the book is people with.
Hugh thomas world without end the global empire of philip ii is the final part of an engrossing threevolume history of the spanish empire. Book description penguin books ltd, united kingdom, 2015. Spain, philip ii, and the first global empire in searchworks catalog. The conquest was expedited by the valour and imagination of conquistadors as well as the determination of. World without end fairfax county public library overdrive. Montezuma, cortcs and the fall of old mexico, 1994, etc. World without end hugh thomas 9780812998115 netgalley. World without end description 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 s great history of the spanish empire in the americas. World without end ebook by hugh thomas 9780812998122. Spain, charles v, and the creation of america, 2011, etc. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read world without end. By 1600, thomas writes admiringly, spain controlled the largest. Spain, philip ii, and the first global empire ebook written by hugh thomas. World without end, the global empire of philip ii by hugh.
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