History of the Conquest of Mexico
"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study...
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"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Lati
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Format: Hardcover
ASIN: B00123PTFK
Publisher: Heritage Press
Pages no: 558
Edition language: English
read by Kerry Shale**See also The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Schaffer** Those chief Aztec bods wore gold shoes with pearls studded on, even the soles were made of gold. This was written in *sit yourself down* eighteenfortythree and it reads brilliantly. Such a gruelling part of history; no matte...