The conquest of Peru by Francisco Pizarro as it had never been told before.
In 1532, Francisco Pizarro and his men cross the Andes in search of riches and glory. They ignore what awaits them, the feats they will undertake, but his actions will cause the fall of the Inca Empire, an inaugural episode of the conquest of the entire world. To tell the story is to accompany these mercenaries who sought fortune and fame far from home and embarked on a violent and eventful adventure.; but it is also listening to the noise that a collapsing world makes: that of the Inca Empire, who contemplates those foreigners with amazement and terror. With surprising strength, Éric Vuillard shows how these epic episodes, extravagant and brutal are the first act of a tragedy that is ours, and in which the gold, religion, cartography and gunpowder will be the protagonists.
The writer Paco Cerdà and Maxime Henri-Rousseau will talk with the author. Interpreter: Christine Varillon.
