"A beginner's guide to the continent. . .lively, and full of anecdote."Financial Times

An authoritative and concise introduction to an area of such great economic potential is certainly needed.
This history has been written by a specialist who was closely connected with Latin America for over forty
years. His text emphasizes how many races and classes have contributed to the civilization of this great
land-mass, with its vast mountain ranges, rivers, prairies, forests, and deserts: Indians, European
conquistadores, priests, planters, African slaves, caudillos, liberal intellectuals and commercial
pioneers.

Fred Williams, a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, works in theater, film, TV, and radio in England, Ireland, and America. Besides narrating audiobooks, he is a performer in living-history re-enactments, an archer, and a poet.