History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain
work by Prescott
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- In William H. Prescott: Life and works
In another such work, A History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, 3 vol. (1855–58), Prescott produced graceful, authoritative narratives of Spanish military, diplomatic, and political history that had no equal in their time. Prescott’s modern popularity, however, rests with his epic History of the Conquest…
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