Description: In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day.
It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.
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Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Conquistador : Hernan Cortes, King MONTEZUMA, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: Latin America / Mexico, Civilization, Adventurers & Explorers, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: Buddy Levy
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
