Rivers Of Gold

by Thomas, Hugh

HUGH THOMAS is the author of numerous histories, including The Spanish Civil War, for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award, Conquest, and The Slave Trade. His A History of the World won him the Arts Council Prize for History. Made a Lord in 1981, Lord Thomas was educated at Queens’ College, Cambridge, and the Sorbonne.

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New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. First printing. An exceptional copy. 2005 Trade Paperback. xv, 696 pp. The first part of his trilogy on the Spanish Empire, Hugh Thomas's Rivers of Gold brings the rise of Spain's global empire vividly to life, capturing the spirit of an ebullient age. Inspired by… Read more about this item
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