History of the Conquest of Peru by William H Prescott
In einem gr eren westf lischen Dorf lebt wohlbeh tet Linus mit seinen Geschwistern und den Eltern Hermann und Solveig Gut. Der behinderte Linus, der sein berleben dem Zufall ebenso verdankt wie der F rsorge der S uglingsschwester Solveig, h tte sein besch tztes Dasein weiterf hren k nnen, w re nicht im Zuge der Aufkl rung eines Mordfalles publik geworden, dass Herman Gut nicht sein Vater ist. Bei der Suche nach seinen leiblichen Eltern sto en seine Schwester und die Freifrau von Bargen, eine erfolgreiche Gesch ftsfrau und K mpferin f r das Leben, auf in der ffentlichkeit unbekannte Abtreibungspraktiken und ihre Kommerzialisierung.
Prescott was from a prosperous, old New England family. In 1811 he entered Harvard, where his academic record was good but undistinguished; he had serious difficulties with mathematics, and in later life the prospect of appraising the mathematical achievements of the aboriginal Mexicans almost prevented him from completing his work. Near the end of his junior year, a crust of bread thrown during a melee in the student commons caused virtual blindness in his left eye; the weakness of his other eye, caused by infection, sometimes prevented him from carrying on any kind of literary work. Throughout his life, Prescott's vision seems to have fluctuated from good to total blindness, and he often resorted to the use of a noctograph, a writing grid with parallel wires that guided a stylus over a chemically treated surface. Substantial portions of all his books and correspondence were composed on this device. He died in 1859.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842125946 |
| ISBN 10 | 184212594X |
| Title | History of the Conquest of Peru |
| Author | William H Prescott |
| Series | Phoenix Press Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
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