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In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. “I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Cortes: Add a description of this character.
- Pedro De Alvarado
- Sandoval
- Cuauhtemoc
- Aguilar
- Bernal Diaz
- Velazquez
- Vera Cruz
- Diego De Ordaz
- Lake Texcoco
- Andres De Duero
- Lugo
- Martin Lopez
- Ohnedo
- Andres De Tapia
- Cacama
- Xicotenga
- Tenochtitlan
- Alderete
- Pedro Barba
- Malinche
- Namiez
Setting & Locations edit
- Montezuma
- Tlaxcala
- Valley Of Mexico
- New Spain
- Tacuba
- Cempoala
- Villa Rica
- Tenochtithin
- Cholula
- Chalco
- Tepeaca
- Cuernavaca
- Tlatelolco
- Great Temple
- Puertocarrero
- Cozumel
- Tenochtitkin
- West Indies
- Europe
- Xochimilco
- Popocatepetl
- Tepeyac
- Xoloc
- Oualpopoca
- Iztapalapa
- Nardez
- Tactiba
First Sentence edit
Hernan Cortes strode to the bow of his flagship Santa Maria de la Concepcion, a one-hundred-ton vessel and the largest of his armada, and scanned the horizon for land.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. Setting Out for New Spain and the Serendipitous Gift of Language
2. The Battle with the Tabascans and the Acquisition of La Malinche
3. Montezuma's Message
4. The Gambler Stakes All: "Either Win the Land, or Die in the Attempt"
5. Into the Mountains
6. The Massacre of Cholula
7. The City of Dreams
8. City of Sacrifice
9. Seizure of Empire
10. Cortes and Montezuma
11. Spaniard Versus Spaniard
12. The Festival of Toxcatl
13. Montezuma's Ironic Fate
14. La Noche Triste
15. "Fortune Favors the Bold"
16. "The Great Rash"
17. Return to the Valley of Mexico
18. The Wooden Serpent
19. Encirclement
20. The Siege Begins
21. Clash of Empires
22. The Last Stand of the Aztecs
Epilogue: The Shadows of Smoke
Appendix A: Significant Participants in the Conquest
Appendix B: A Brief Chronology of the Conquest
Appendix C: A Note on the Nahuatl Language Pronunciation
Appendix D: Major Deities of the Aztec Pantheon
Appendix E: The Aztec Kings
Notes
A Note on the Text and the Sources
Bibliography
Photo Credits
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Buddy Levy (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 055380538X
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Bantam
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 055380538X
Page Count: 448
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: F1230.L45 2008
- Dewey: 972.02
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