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Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico

Hugh Thomas

Paperback | Pages: 812 pages

Rating: 4.28 | 710 Users | 70 Reviews

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Title	:	Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico
Author	:	Hugh Thomas
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Touchstone Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 812 pages
Published	:	April 7th 1995 by Simon & Schuster (first published 1993)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. World History. Cultural. Latin American

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Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history.

Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortés. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of our most gifted historians.

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Original Title:	Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico
ISBN:	0671511041 (ISBN13: 9780671511043)
Edition Language:	English

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Turgid! Obtuse! Better than two whiskies and valerian. (Eh, too soon to tell? Naw, couldn't be...)...This is an acclaimed history? I'm on my second attempt. If nothing else, I *do* need the sleep aid these days. Here's hoping either it gets better or I wake up more refreshed. I'd take either outcome.But seriously, folks, there's a reason my 9th-grade English teacher wouldn't let me get away with parentheticals like this:"These allies helped to guarantee a mutually advantageous lacustrine economy

Turgid! Obtuse! Better than two whiskies and valerian. (Eh, too soon to tell? Naw, couldn't be...)...This is an acclaimed history? I'm on my second attempt. If nothing else, I *do* need the sleep aid these days. Here's hoping either it gets better or I wake up more refreshed. I'd take either outcome.But seriously, folks, there's a reason my 9th-grade English teacher wouldn't let me get away with parentheticals like this:"These allies helped to guarantee a mutually advantageous lacustrine economy

Fascinating history of the destruction (or more accurately sharp decline)of the Aztec culture brought on by Cortes' invasion. Fortunately the book depicts all persons involved (whether Aztecs, Spanish or Tlaxcalian)as fully human, with both good and bad attributes. The book just as powerfully depicts the beauty that was lost with the downfall of the Aztecs. I absolutely loved this book--one of my favorite history books ever. To be honest though, the book is very long and loses its compass (and

One of the things I like the most about traveling to other countries is being able to learn new things (even though Ill probably forget most of them). More specifically I like to go on history museums or historical places to learn about the historic background of the locations I visit. Im not the kind of person that gets fascinated by architecture or art. I mean, I can tell when something pleases me visually, but thats about it. But when it comes to history I can get entertained. So, I knew I

This is a solid, well-documented and researched book about a topic that is intriguing and something I had always been interested in reading. The writing is a little 'old' and the english grammar can throw you off if you aren't used to it. I loved the clarity of the history and the way the author goes through the motion to explain what happened, how it happened and as many motives as possible behind the decisions of the Spanish and the Mexica. Anyone interested in the discovery of new

This is a monument of a book, both literally its a rather auspicious bookshelf space hog and figuratively. My first foray in to any Spanish history at all, my overriding feeling is that Cortés comes off rather well, princely even, which isnt quite what I expected given Hernans rep in the new world. The title, CONQUEST, probably betrays Hugh Thomass slight sympathies towards the whole European colonialism project, despite his valiant attempts at balance, but it would be interesting to read

Since the age of 12 I've devoured whatever I could about the Mayans & Aztecs. Naturally this included fantastic tale of Cortes & his conquest of Mexico. From Bernal Diaz' eyewitness account to Prescott's classic 19th century tome it was a story well worth revisiting. But was there anything really new to learn? The cover of this book said there was. The research of this book, including newly discovered documents, is simply awesome. The Shakespearean like drama of the fall of the Mexica