Dominic Sandbrook

And that's probably what Pizarro was worrying about.

Exactly that reaction.

Atahualpa is dead and Pizarro's position is looking a little bit rickety.

So his brother Hernando, on whom he relied, has gone back to Spain with some of the gold.

His chief lieutenant, Hernando de Soto, is furious with him about the death of Atahualpa.

And his partner, Diego de Amagro, is absolutely furious.

Yeah, he's livid.

Yeah, livid.

He is livid about the unequal division of the treasure.

And now Pizarro and his men are facing their biggest challenge yet –

Atahualpa is dead and the Inca Empire is leaderless, so they need to find a new puppet on whom they can rely.

And Tom, their road now lies south, up into the Andes, across the Inca heartland to the city of gold, Cusco.

But what awaits them there is darker and bloodier and more dramatic than even they could possibly have imagined.

Hello, everybody.

Now, we promised that we would be back with more news about the thrilling Rest is History Festival.

And we can now reveal some more of the massive names who will be joining us at Hampton Court Palace on the 4th and 5th of July this year.

One of them.

is the brilliant Tracy Borman, who will be joining us to talk about the secrets of the Tudors.

And the other, another massive fan favourite is Katja Hoyer, who will be talking about her new work on Weimar, Germany.

I will also be joined by massive fan favourite and Irish national treasure, Paul Rouse, who will be joining us to talk about the history of Ireland.