647. The Fall of the Incas: The King in the North (Part 4)
February 26, 2026
Description
How did the Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro take advantage of the Incan civil War? Were they able to discover the glorious city of Cusco, with all of its riches? And, what terrible...
Books Referenced
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Author: Peter Schaffer
Context:
Tom mentions this is a play from 1964, noting that Schaffer loves his research and has gone to primary sources, with the content being very closely based on Spanish chroniclers' accounts written a few years after the fall of the Incas.