A Book Review: Fransisco Pizarro and His Brothers

The author assumes a lot of his audience’s knowledge on the subject of the conquest era, and the Pizarro (especially Francisco’s) conquests. This makes the reading almost unbearable for an undergraduate to compose a review of the book, because there is no background information provided by the writer on the aforementioned topics. However, after seeing through pages, which are thickly coated with minuscule cities and unimportant names and countless reference points, one can gather a few bits of information from Varon Gabai. While the title may suggest that Francisco would be the focal point of this writing it turns out to be more about

While the second half of the book is easier to navigate, it seems that a lot of the information included is negligible, however in chapter seven we finally see the “Indian point of view,” that was promised in the preface. The chapter is labeled, ‘The Andean World and the Conquerors,’ the indigenous outlook on “Pizarrista” comes into view, however it contains far less detail than anything thing else that Varon Gabai rambled about in the rest of this book. From the sample interviews presented by the writer, readers will be lead to believe that most indigenous people held a much-warranted hatred for the Pizarro family. This does not come as a surprise to this reviewer considering what these conquistadors were doing to those who were native to the territory. Veron Gabai may only provide one chapter for the Indian viewpoints, but these points can help to put some things into perspective. At the end of this chapter, however Rafael Varon Gabai discredits a lot of the interview used in his own book,

In the remainder of Part I, Gabai tells readers of the rise and assassination of Francisco Pizarro, and the years to follow. By this point Francisco had become governor of Peru and had plenty, however in 1541 he was killed by the son of his one time partner now enemy, Diego de Almagro. In any case, this portion of the book builds up to Varon Gabai’s idea that is the most unruly and educated of the brothers. The estate of Franciso became a coveted item, after some sacking of Francisco's various urban propert

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