- Aztecs, Mexico, history, conquest, 1519-1540, America, history, History
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards.
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Grave, earnest, epic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Camilla Townsend
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780197577660
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