Discovery and Conquest of Mexico - 1517-1521

Informationen zum Autor Bernal Diaz del Castillo fought in over one hundred battles against Mexico. His account of the conquest is one of only four firsthand accounts. Klappentext "Tragic! colorful! indispensable." --T.R. Fehrenbach! author of Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico Zusammenfassung Bernal Dí del Castillo(1495-1584) served under Cortéthrough the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative, one of only four extant firsthand accounts, is both an invaluable hirstorical document and a spectacular epic. He was with Cortéwhen the latter sank the ships, thus committing the small band of conquistadors irrevocably to the Conquest; he was privy to the counsels of the leaders and was at hand when Montezuma was made a prisoner in his own palace. Bernal Dí fought in over a hundred battles and skirmishes against an enemy who made living sacrifices of their prisoners. These things he saw and recorded in a bold blunt voice whose immediacy, in Maudslay's classic translation, reaches across the centuries to invite readers to witness for themselves the horrors and wonders of the initial, apocalyptic clash between two great civilizations.

Product details

• Authors: Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal Del Castillo, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal Del Diaz Castillo, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
• Assisted by: Genaro Garcia (Editor), A. P. Maudslay (Translation)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2003
• EAN: 9780306813191
• ISBN: 978-0-306-81319-1
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 121 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; General & world history, History: earliest times to present day, General and world history