Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
Winner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction
Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Against the background of a thousand years of vivid h…
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