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 Dìaz 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.
| ISBN: | 9780140441239 |
| Publication date: | 26th July 1973 |
| Author: | Bernal Díaz del Castillo, J M Cohen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 412 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Colonialism and imperialism Expeditions: popular accounts Memoirs |