The Conquest of New Spain (Classics S)

Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal

ISBN 10: 0140441239 / ISBN 13: 9780140441239

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1963

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Inhaltsangabe:

Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Spanish historian Bernal Diaz del Castillo (c.1492-1584) was a soldier in the army of the conquistador Cortes in the attack on the Aztecs.

J M Cohen translated widely from French and Spanish, including for Penguin Classics Montaigne's Essays and Cervantes' Don Quixote.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Conquest of New Spain (Classics S)
Verlag: Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum: 1963
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: very_good