The Royal Hunt of the Sun: A Play Concerning the Conquest of Peru (Penguin Plays)

by PeterShaffer (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1981

  $3.44

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.44

  This volume is part of a series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. This play centres on Pizarro, who leads an army of Spanish Conquistadors to Peru, to conquer the golden kingdom of the Incas. The soldiers claim to be huntsmen of God . But what are they really hunting? And what is the reason for the strange bond that develops between Pizarro and the Inca king?

• New

  Paperback
  1968

  $18.10

  This is the story of the conquest of Peru, the defeat by 167 men of a highly organised, communistic empire of over ten million people. It is also the story of two men, Francisco Pizarro, the embittered, defiant commander of the invading Spanish forces, and Atahuallpa, the young king, Sun god-upon-earth, ruler of a vast empire. Between the two, both illegitimate usurpers, there grows a deep and understanding friendship.