- Aztecas, Aztecs, Ficción, Fiction
The epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and envoy to the invading Spaniards.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Gary Jennings
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 754
- Publisher
- Macdonald, Editorial Planeta, Atheneum
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788432037313
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“THAT we may be better acquainted with our colony of New Spain, of its peculiarities, its riches, the people who possessed it, and the beliefs, rites, and ceremonies which they heretofore held, we wish to be informed of all matters appertaining to the Indians during their existence in that land before the coming of our liberating forces, ambassadors, evangels, and colonizers.”
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