History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was a distinguished American historian, renowned for his works on Spanish and South American history. Despite suffering from significant visual impairment following a bread incident at Harvard College, Prescott's determination never waned. He adopted a rigorous method to conduct his research with the aid of secretaries and an ingeniously devised noctograph tha...