Dominic Sandbrook
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Appearances Over Time
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I mean, even at this stage, they are maybe thinking a decapitation strategy.
You capture the top man, maybe some of his family, some of the elite, and then you leave the empire leaderless.
It worked for Hernan Cortes.
It worked for your cousin, Francisco.
Maybe it'll work for you.
They invaded Rome, sacked Rome, took the Pope prisoner.
Thereby causing the English Reformation.
Exactly.
So the Spanish are coming closer and closer, just as old Martin describes in that reading from the play.
They turn inland from the Pacific and they go up into the Andes.
They go up through this valley, through the cotton fields, into the canyons.
They're now about 13,000 feet above sea level.
So they're breathless.
They're cold.
It's absolutely freezing.
There's no shelter.
They're very, very anxious because they can see people watching them the whole time from kind of watchtowers.
I cannot imagine doing it.
It's crazy.
It just seems insane behaviour.