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The Royal Hunt of the Sun

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

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The Royal Hunt of the Sun: A Play Concerning the Conquest of Peru

by Peter Shaffer

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New York: Stein & Day, 1965. 1st/1st/ VG/VG. First American edition. First printing. The book is lightly cocked but pages tightly bound. Bottom corners bumped, light wear to boards and spine ends gently pushed. Textblock has small brown smudges to pages 8 and 9, else book is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages tanned. Dust jacket is unclipped ($3.95) with fading to spine, light soiling and crinkle to spine head. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Introduction by the author. 84 pages.

The Royal Hunt of the Sun recreates the story of Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca empire in Peru, with a group of only 167 men, in 1532. The play is an incisive and visually dazzling exposition of colonization in which cultural and religious clashes, driven by the promise of immense wealth, lead to betrayal, death and destruction. It is also a deeply moving exploration of personal honor and frailty as the aging peasant from Trujillo, Pizarro, encounters the Sovereign Inca and Sun God, Atahuallpa.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
2515
Title
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Author
Peter Shaffer
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First American Edition / First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Stein & Day
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1965
Weight
3.00 lbs
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