$31.12
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1963
Summary
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 Diaz 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 fli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441239 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441239 |
| Author: | John Cohen, Bernal Diaz del Castillo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
John Cohen
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.
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