Rhoda Power
When the Spaniards, under Francesco Pizarro, conquered Peru, they discovered a race of people living in one of the world's most ancient civilisations. In this afternoon's broadcast you will learn how Atahualpa was lured into his own fortress and trapped by the Spaniards; how he was promised freedom in exchange for a ransom; how that ransom was collected and how in spite of this the Inca was betrayed and executed on a trumped-up charge of treasonable plotting.
In the course of the broadcast you will hear about the social life and culture of the Incan civilisation, and also about the Incan religion which had a lot to do with the charges against Atahualpa.