ALAN COVEY '96

ANTHROPOLOGY FAVORITE BOOK TO TEACH Narrative of the Incas, by Juan de Betanzos MUST-READ BOOKS IN YOUR FIELD The Incas, by Terence D'Altroy Ancient Cuzco: Heartland of the Inca, by Brian Bauer The Conquest of the Incas, by John Hemming FAVORITE PLEASURE READS Dangerous Laughter, by Steven Millhauser The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell MOST RECENTLY READ Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte "Betanzos was a Spanish interpreter in early colonial Peru who married an Inca princess. When the Spanish crown asked him to write one of the earliest histories of the Inca Empire, he interviewed his inlaws, placing them prominently in the narrative. His fluency in the Quechua language and royal Inca connections make for a detailed, informative and flawed account that helps to illustrate what we do and don't know about the most powerful indigenous empire in the Americas." "The Incas is a thorough and detailed introduction to the Inca Empire. Ancient Cuzco offers the most up-to-date account of the Inca imperial heartland region, and Hemming's book is a magisterial account of the Spanish conquest and Inca resistance from the 1530s to the 1570s." "I read something recently that referenced Jane Eyre, and free e-books made it easy to indulge that curiosity."