Silver, Sword, and Stone by Marie Arana

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/3000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver, Sword, and Stone Author: Marie Arana Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: mp3 Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins Release date: 08-27-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 62 ratings Genres: Cultural & Regional Publisher's Summary: In this “timely and excellent volume” (NPR) Marie Arana seamlessly weaves these stories with the history of the past millennium to explain three enduring themes that have defined Latin America since pre-Columbian times: the foreign greed for its mineral riches, an ingrained propensity to violence, and the abiding power of religion. Silver, Sword, and Stone combines “learned historical analysis with in-depth reporting and political commentary...[and] an informed and authoritative voice, one that deserves a wide audience” (The New York Times Book Review).