Author photo. William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) (Brady-Handy Photographs, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03537) (cropped)

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) (Brady-Handy Photographs, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03537) (cropped)

W.H. Prescott (1796–1859)

Author of The Conquest of Mexico

Includes the names: W.H. Prescott, Willam H. Prescott, Guillermo H. Prescott, Willaim Hickling Prescott, William Hickling Prescott, William Hickling Prescott, William Hickling Prescott, Вильям Прескотт, William William Hickling Prescott, William Hickling Prescott; Illustrator Lima De Fre ... (see complete list)
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Works by W.H. Prescott

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The Conquest of Mexico 367 copies, 2 reviews
History of the Conquest of Peru 268 copies, 2 reviews
History of the conquest of Mexico, and History of the conquest of Peru 239 copies, 1 review
History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella 80 copies
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V (also Author) (also Author) 52 copies
History of the reign of Philip the Second, king of Spain 33 copies
Mexico, and the life of the conqueror Fernando Cortes 30 copies
History of the conquest of Mexico Vol. I 22 copies
Prescott's Histories: Rise and Decline of the Spanish Empire 20 copies
World of the Incas 19 copies
The world of the Aztecs 12 copies
History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic - Volume I… 12 copies
Biographical and Critical Miscellanies 11 copies, 1 review
History of the Conquest of Peru, Vol. 1 10 copies

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU VOL. II ONLY 10 copies

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. 2 9 copies

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. 3 9 copies

Literary Memoranda of William Hickling Prescott: Volume I 5 copies

The Conquest of Mexico, The Conquest of Peru, and Other Selections 5 copies

The Conquest of Peru - Partly Abridged and Revised 4 copies

History of the Conquest of Mexico - Volume III 4 copies

Histories: the rise and decline of the Spanish Empire. [The essence of… 3 copies

The Papers of William Hickling Prescott 3 copies

The Art of War in Spain: Conquest of Granada, 1481-92 3 copies

The History of the Conquest of Mexico & Peru - Volume II 3 copies

The Complete Works Of William Hickling Prescott, Edited, With The… 2 copies

La mort de l'empire aztèque: tomes 1, 2, 3 2 copies

Avancemos, Level 1B, Student Edition 2 copies

Prescott’s The Conquest of Mexico (Abridged). 2 copies

La fine dell'impero azteco 2 copies

Columbus and the Crowns 2 copies

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Canonical name

Prescott, W.H.

Legal name

Prescott, William Hickling

Other names

Date of birth

1796-05-04

Date of death

1859-01-25

Burial location

Gender

male

Nationality

USA

Country (for map)

Birthplace

Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Place of death

Places of residence

Salem, Massachusetts, USA (birth)

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Education

Harvard University

Occupations

historian

Relationships

Prescott, Susan Amory (wife)

Organizations

Phi Beta Kappa

Awards and honors

Agents

Short biography

One of America's greatest and most highly regarded historians, William Hickling Prescott set a lofty literary standard for historical writing with his books on Spain's emperors and explorers. Prescott avoided the dry, names-and-dates style of standard histories and instead brought the past alive, telling with drama and vigor the stories of the men who came face to face with the unknown, and the numerous brushes with death they survived as they carved out an empire in the New World.

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