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A Stunningly Ambitious And Entertaining Novel That Gives Us A Counter-factual History Of The Modern World, From The Author Of The International Bestseller Hhhh. Binet's Best Book Yet: The Work Of A Major Writer Just Hitting His Stride. A Delightful Counterfactual Novel. ***** - Daily Telegraph C.1000ad: Erik The Red's Daughter Heads South From Greenland 1492: Columbus Does Not Discover America 1531: The Incas Invade Europe 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 When Captured By Incas, His Faith In His Superiority And His Mission Is Unshaken. Thirty 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 Power - Machiavelli's The Prince. It Turns Out He Is Very Good At It. So, The

Author

Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781529112818

Rating

4.1 / 5 (500 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14