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Freydis is the leader of a band of Viking warriors who get as far as Panama Nobody knows what became of them
Five hundred years later Christopher Columbus is sailing for the Americas dreaming of gold and conquest Even after he is captured by the Tanos his faith in his superiority and his mission is unshaken
Thirtynine years after that Atahualpa the last Inca emperor arrives in Europe What does he find The Spanish Inquisition the Reformation capitalism the miracle of the printing press endless warmongering between the ruling monarchies and constant threat from the Turks But most of all downtrodden populations ready for revolution Fortunately he has a recent guidebook to acquiring powerMachiavellis The Prince It turns out he is very good at it So the stage is set for a Europe ruled by Incas and for a great war that will change history forever
Laurent Binets Civilizations is a wildly entertaining counterfactual novel from one of Europes most exciting writers about the modern world colonization empire and the eternal human quest for domination
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